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USS Baham (AG-71)
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 USS Baham (AK-122) (1944)


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Hotel - Delta - Papa
NHDP
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal
Second Row - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - Philippines Liberation Medal
Crater Class Cargo Ship Laid down, 10 November 1943, as SS Elizabeth C. Bellamy, a Maritime Commission type (EC2-S-C1) hull, under Maritime Commission contract (MCE hull 1217) at St. John's River Shipbuilding Corp., Jacksonville, FL.
  • Name changed to Baham and designated AK-122, 23 November 1943
  • Launched, 21 December 1943
  • Acquired by the Navy, 31 December 1943
  • Placed in reduced commission, 1 January 1944, as USS Baham (AK-122) for transit to her conversion yard
  • Converted to a combination repair distilling and stores issuing ship
  • Reclassified a Basilan Class Miscellaneous Auxiliary, 14 March 1944
  • Placed in full commission as USS Baham (AG-71), 18 August 1944, LT. Gavin L. Field, USNR, in command
  • Decommissioned, 19 July 1946, at Pearl Harbor, T.H.
  • Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, Pearl Harbor
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 22 May 1947
  • Towed to Suisun Bay, Benecia CA.
  • Transferred, 30 June 1947, to the Maritime Commission at Suisun Bay for disposal
  • Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 9 June 1972, to the Union Minerals & Alloys Corp., New York, N.Y.
    Specifications
    Displacement 4,350 t.(lt) 14,023 t.(fl)
    Length 441' 6"
    Beam 56'
    Draft 23'
    Speed 12.5 kts.
    Complement 181
    Armament
    one single 5"/38 dual purpose gun mount
    two single 3"/50 dual purpose gun mounts,
    four 40mm AA gun mounts
    twelve 20mm AA gun mounts
    four .50 cal. machine guns
    Propulsion triple expansion reciprocating engine, single shaft, 2,500hp
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    Baham 87k Starboard quarter view of USS Baham (AG-71) underway in the Cooper River off Charleston, S.C, 23 August 1944.
    US Navy Yard Charleston S.C photo #2363-44.    		 Robert Hall
    Baham 49k Stern view of USS Baham (AG-71) underway in the Cooper River off Charleston, S.C, 23 August 1944.
    US Navy Yard Charleston S.C photo #2364-44.    		 Robert Hall
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