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AG-66 Besboro

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
Camanga Class Miscellaneous Auxiliary
  • Built in 1918 as SS Caddopeak at Albina Engine and Machine Works Inc., Portland, OR.
  • Renamed SS Lurline Burns (date unknown)
  • Acquired by the Navy, 8 June 1943, from Burns Steamship Co
  • Commissioned, USS Besboro (AG-66), 22 September 1943, at Seattle, WA., Lcdr. Robert M. Baughman, USNR, in command
  • Decommissioned, 3 May 1946, at San Francisco, CA.
  • Transferred to the War Shipping Administration, 1 July 1946, for disposal
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 8 October 1946
  • Sold, 23 May 1947, to Waterman Steamship Corp. name restored to SS Lurline Burns
  • Sold in 1948 to Wellem & Co. Hong Kong BCC, renamed SS Shapur, reflagged Panamanian
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown no record of ship after 1961
    Specifications
    Displacement 1,716 t.(lt) 5,418 t.(fl)
    Length 300'
    Beam 44'
    Draft 19' " (lim.)
    Speed 9 kts.
    Complement 68
    Troop Accommodations 340
    Armament
    three single 3"/50 dual purpose gun mounts
    four single 20mm AA gun mounts
    Propulsion triple expansion reciprocating steam engine, single screw, 1,470shp
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