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AK-206 / AG-94 / AVS-7 Pontotoc

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 - Philippines Liberation Medal
Alamosa Class Cargo Ship
  • Laid down, 15 January 1944, as a Maritime Commission type (C1-M-AV1) hull under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 2160), at Leatham D. Smith Shipbuilding Co., Sturgeon Bay, WI.
  • Redesignated Miscellaneous Auxiliary (AG-94)
  • Launched, 2 July 1944
  • Converted to a Gwinnett Class Aviation Stores Issue Ship
  • Commissioned USS Pontotoc (AG-94), 22 March 1945, LCDR. C. W. Lockard in command
  • Redesigned (AVS-7), 25 May 1945
  • Decommissioned, 26 April 1946
  • Transferred to the Maritime Commission for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 8 May 1946
  • Sold commercial service in 1947 to the French company Messageries Maritimes, renamed MV Taurus
  • Resold in 1960 to Morocco, renamed MV Tadjera
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 2,382 t.(lt) 7,435 t.(fl)
    Length 388' 8"
    Beam 50'
    Draft 21' 1"
    Speed 11.5 kts.
    Complement 85
    Armament one 3"/50 dual purpose gun mount, six 20mm guns
    Propulsion diesel, single screw, 1,700shp
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    Pontotoc 23k Pontotoc (AVS-7) at anchor, date and place unknown. Gunter Krebs
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    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center web site
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
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    Fleet Reserve Association
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