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Lake Shore (ID 1792)
AG-45 Taganak

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons
Lake Shore (ID-1792)

World War I Victory Medal (with Transport clasp)
Taganak (AG-45)


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive)
Bottom Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
Cargo Ship/Taganak Class Miscellaneous Auxiliary:
  • Built in 1917 as SS War Shell at Toledo Shipbuilding Co., Toledo, OH.
  • Launched, 29 September 1917
  • Acquired by the United States Shipping Board (USSB) and transferred to the Navy for service as a mine carrier
  • Commissioned USS Lake Shore (ID 1792), 11 January 1918
  • Decommissioned, 5 March 1919
  • Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown)
  • Returned to the USSB, 6 March 1919
  • Sold by USSB in 1923 to the E. K. Wood Lumber Co., San Francisco, CA., renamed SS Olympic
  • Reacquired by the Navy, 23 May 1942
  • Commissioned USS Taganak (AG-45), 23 July 1942
  • Decommissioned, 25 March 1946, at Vallejo, CA.
  • Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown)
  • Sold for scrapping, 15 November 1946, to Pillsbury and Martignoni Co., San Francisco, CA. resumed the name SS Olympic
  • Resold in 1947 to the Caribbean Land & Shipping Corp., of Panama, renamed SS Glento
  • Resold again in 1947 to Sven Dalen A/B, Stockholm, Sweden and renamed SS Pilhamn
  • Resold in 1954 to the Levant Shipping Co. (S.A.L.), Beirut, Lebanon and renamed SS Lulu
  • Final Disposition, finally scrapped in February 1961 at Piraeus, Greece
    Specifications:
    Displacement 3,000 t.(lt), 4,672 t.(fl)
    Length 261'
    Beam 44'
    Draft 19'
    Speed 10.2 kts.
    Complement 52
    Armament
    Lake Shore one single 5" gun mount and one 6-pounder
    Taganak one single 3"/50 dual purpose gun mount, one single 40mm gun mount, five single 20mm gun mounts
    Propulsion triple expansion reciprocating steam engine, single shaft, 1,150shp
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    Commercial Service
    War Shell 77k War Shell probably just after completion
    US Navy Photo # NH 10200 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center.    		 Naval Historical Center
    USS Taganak (AG-45)
    Taganak 77k Taganak (AG-45) off Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, CA., 26 July 1942.
    US National Archives photo # 19-N-32046, a US Navy Bureau of Ships photo now in the collections of the US National Archives.    		 Naval Historical Center
    Taganak 51k Taganak (AG-45) bow-on view, taken off Mare Island Navy Yard, 26 July 1942.
    US National Archives photo # 19-N-32047, a US Navy Bureau of Ships photo now in the collections of the US National Archives.    		 Naval Historical Center
    Taganak 71k Taganak (AG-45) viewed from astern, with a motor tug nearby, while off the Mare Island Navy Yard, 26 July 1942.
    US National Archives photo # 19-N-32050, a US Navy Bureau of Ships photo now in the collections of the US National Archives.    		 Naval Historical Center
    Taganak 128k Taganak (AG-45) plan view forward, taken at the Mare Island Navy Yard, 26 July 1942. Note boat cradles mounted atop the forward hatches, very long cargo-handling booms, details of the pilothouse area, and life raft mounted amidships.
    US National Archives photo # 19-N-32051, a US Navy Bureau of Ships photo now in the collections of the US National Archives.    		 Naval Historical Center
    Taganak 136k Taganak (AG-45) plan view amidships and aft, taken at the Mare Island Navy Yard, 26 July 1942. Note the ship's masts, heavy lift boom and ventilation cowls. Men are loading boxes onto the ship from the truck at right. Truck has serial number USN 74615 painted on its door.
    US National Archives photo # 19-N-32052, a US Navy Bureau of Ships photo now in the collections of the US National Archives.    		 Naval Historical Center
    Taganak 119k Forward plan view of Taganak (AG-45) at Oakland, CA., 5 February 1944.
    Navy Yard Mare Island photo # 817-44.    		 Darryl Baker
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    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S.Navy Memorial Foundation
    Fleet Reserve Association
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