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AG-49 Anacapa

Built in 1919 at Pusey and Jones Corp., Wilmington, DE., as Coos Bay for the Coos Bay Lumber Co., San Francisco, CA.; Acquired by the Navy, 20 June 1942; Converted for Naval service as a "Q"-ship at the Naval Repair Base San Diego, CA; Commissioned, USS Anacapa (AG-49), 31 August 1942; Decommissioned, 21 March 1946, at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, CA; Struck from the Naval Register, (date unknown); Transferred to the Maritime Commission, 12 August 1946, for disposal; Final disposition, refitted and returned to merchant service, fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 7,420 t.(fl); Length 335' 3"; Beam 49' 10"; Draft 20' 5"; Speed 8kts; Complement 155; Armament two single 4" gun mounts, two single 3"/50 gun mounts; five 20mm guns, one depth charge projector; Propulsion, triple expansion reciprocating steam engine, single screw, 1,650shp.

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	60k	Anacapa (AG-49) enters the Floating Drydock *ARD-13, 10 February 1945, at Ulithi to receive repairs to her rudder and stern tube, in what appears to be rather battered camouflage. Note the hinged flaps just aft the anchor--a reminder of her previous career as a "Q"-ship. US National Archives photo # 80-G-355446*, a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives.		Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.

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DANFS History entry located on the Hyperwar US Navy In WWII Web Site.

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