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USS Indian Island (AG-77)

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom left to right
Top Row - China Service Medal (extend) - 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, 5 November 1944, as a Maritime Commission type (EC2-S-C1) hull under Maritime Commission contract (MCE hull 3088) at New England Shipbuilding Corp., West Yard, South Portland, ME.
  • Launched, 19 December 1944
  • Acquired by the Navy, 30 December 1944
  • Ferried to Bethlehem Steel Co., Brooklyn, N.Y. for conversion to Naval service
  • Commissioned USS Indian Island (AG-77), 27 July 1945
  • During World War II USS Indian Island (AG-77) was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and performed occupation duty including China service
  • Decommissioned, 11 May 1947, at Orange, TX.
  • Laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Texas Group, Orange
  • Redesignated General Stores Issue Ship (AKS-25), 18 August 1951
  • Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown)
  • Final Disposition, scrapping, August 1960, scrapped at New Orleans in 1961
    Specifications:
    Displacement 5,371 t.(lt) 14,200 t.(fl)
    Length 442'
    Beam 57'
    Draft 23'
    Speed 11.5 kts. (max)
    Complement 891
    Armament
    one single 5"/38 dual purpose gun mount
    four single 40mm AA gun mounts
    eight single 20mm AA gun mounts
    Propulsion Worthington Pump & Machinery Corp, Harrison, N.J. reciprocating steam engine, single shaft, 1,950hp
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    Indian Island 94k USS Indian Island (AG-77) commissioning ceremony at Bethlehem Steel Co., Brooklyn, N.Y., 27 July 1945. Dawn and William George Randolph Jr. S/1c USS Indian Island
    Indian Island 94k USS Indian Island (AG-77) underway in New York City harbor, date unknown. Dawn and William George Randolph Jr. S/1c USS Indian Island
    Indian Island 79k USS Indian Island (AG-77) at anchor, date and place unknown. David Nixon
    Tekesta 285k USS Indian River (AG-77) entered the port of Shanghai only once in late 1945 while part of operation "Magic Carpet" and is visible as the third ship down the wharf. The Fleet Tug in the foreground is USS Tekesta (ATF-93) at Shanghai, China Steve Becker for his father Duane O. Becker EN1 USS Tekesta
    Indian Island 49k USS Indian Island (AG-77) and USS Cuttyhunk Island (AG-75) prior to lay up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Texas Group, Orange, circa 31 January 1946 - 3 May 1946. Dawn and William George Randolph Jr. S/1c USS Indian Island
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    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center
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