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USS Coasters Harbor (AG-74)

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)
Basilan Class Miscellaneous Auxiliary:
  • Laid down, 4 October 1944 a Maritime Commission type (EC2-S-C1) hull under Maritime Commission contract (MCE 3073) at New England Shipbuilding Corp., South Portland, ME
  • Launched, 17 November 1944
  • Acquired by the US Navy and placed in temporary commission, 26 November 1944
  • Ferried to Todd Shipbuilding Co., Brooklyn, N.Y. and decommissioned, 30 November 1944, for conversion to an electronics repair ship
  • Recommissioned USS Coasters Harbor (AG-74), 29 July 1945, CDR. T. H. Moyer, USNR, in command
  • Decommissioned, 3 July 1947, at San Diego, CA.
  • Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, San Diego Group
  • Redesignated General Stores Issue Ship (AKS-22), 18 August 1951
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 1 April 1960
  • Returned to the Maritime Administration, 5 December 1960, San Diego, CA.
  • Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 5 December 1960, to Hugh Neu Steel Products Inc.
    Specifications:
    Displacement 5,766 t.(lt) 14,200 t.(fl)
    Length 441' 6"
    Beam 66' 11"'
    Draft 23'
    Speed 12 kts. (max)
    Complement 891
    Armament
    one single 3"/50 dual purpose gun mount
    four single 40mm AA gun mounts
    Propulsion reciprocating steam engine, single shaft, 1,950hp.
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    Coasters Harbor 122k USS Coasters Harbor (AG-74) commissioning ceremony, 29 July 1945, at Todd Shipbuilding Co., Brooklyn, N.Y. Paul Phipps USS Coasters Harbor
    Coasters Harbor 49k USS Coasters Harbor (AG-74) commissioning ceremony, 29 July 1945, the new commanding officer CDR.T. H. Moyer, USNR is on the right. Paul Phipps USS Coasters Harbor
    Coasters Harbor 40k USS Coasters Harbor (AG-74) at anchor in the harbor at Sasebo, Japan, circa 31 October 1945 to 5 March 1946. Paul Phipps USS Coasters Harbor
    Coasters Harbor 122k USS Coasters Harbor (AG-74) Thanksgiving Day Menu, 29 November 1945, while at Sasebo, Japan. Paul Phipps USS Coasters Harbor
    Coasters Harbor 79k
    Coasters Harbor 109k USS Coasters Harbor (AG-74) moored, date and location unknown. CAPT. Jerry Mason, USN
    Coasters Harbor 92k Two of USS Coasters Harbor (AG-74) officers, date and location unknown. David Buell
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    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
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