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AG-44 Malanao

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
Malanao Class Miscellaneous Auxiliary:
  • Built in 1912 as Paraiso by Craig Shipbuilding Co., Long Beach, CA.
  • Acquired by the Navy, 3 May 1942
  • Converted for Naval service at General Engineering & Drydock Co., Alameda, CA.
  • Commissioned, USS Malanao (AG-44), 3 June 1942
  • Decommissioned 18 February 1946 at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, CA.
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 12 March 1946
  • Final Disposition, scrapped, 4 June 1946, at Mare Island Navy Yard
    Specifications:
    Displacement 2,273 t.
    Length 224'
    Beam 40'
    Draft 13' 10"
    Speed 8 kts.
    Complement 45
    Armament one single 3" gun mounts, three 20mm guns
    Propulsion system unknown
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    Malanao 37k Malanao (AG-44) underway, 28 July 1942, place unknown
    US Navy photo    		 Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
    View the Malanao (AG-49)
    DANFS history entry located at the Navsource web site
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S.Navy Memorial Foundation
    Fleet Reserve Association
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