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AGC-2 Blue Ridge

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Tango - Alpha - Echo
 NTAE
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - China Service Medal (extended) - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (2)
Bottom Row - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - Philippines Liberation Medal (2)
Appalachian Class Amphibious Force Command Ship:
  • Laid down, 4 December 1942, as a Maritime Commission type (C2-S-B1) hull, under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 201) at Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock, Kearny, N.J.
  • Launched, 7 March 1943
  • Transferred to the US Navy, 15 March 1943
  • Commissioned USS Blue Ridge (AGC-2), 27 September 1943, LCDR. L. R. McDowell in command
  • During World War II Blue Ridge was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaigns:
    Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
    Campaign and Dates Campaign and Dates
    Leyte operation
    Leyte landings, 20 to 26 October 1944     		Luzon operation
    Lingayen Gulf landings, 9 to 15 January 1945

  • Decommissioned, 14 March 1947
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 1 January 1960
  • Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 26 August 1960, to Zidell Explorations, Inc., Portland, OR.
  • Blue Ridge received two battle stars for World War II service
    Specifications:
    Displacement 7,431 t.(lt) 13,910 t.(fl)
    Length 459' 3"
    Beam 63'
    Draft 24'
    Speed 16.4 kts.
    Armament
    two 5"/38 cal. dual purpose gun mounts
    four twin 40mm AA gun mounts
    eighteen single 20mm AA gun mounts
    Complement
    36 Officers
    442 Enlisted
    Propulsion geared steam turbine, single propeller
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    Blue Ridge 62k Blue Ridge (AGC-2) underway, date and location unknown.
    US Navy photo.    		 Robert Hurst.
    Blue Ridge 62k Blue Ridge (AGC-2) underway, October 1943, location unknown. .
    Blue Ridge 168k Blue Ridge (AGC-2) at anchor on the Whangpoo River at Shanghai, China, circa January -February 1946. Daniel A. Guntin MMOM3/c USS Wasatch USS LCi(l)-970
    Mount Olympus 64k Blue Ridge (AGC-2) moored astern of Mount Olympus (AGC-8) at anchor in the Whangpoo River, Shanghai, China, 14 January 1946. Greg Hook for his uncle Wilson J. Hill RM3/c USS Olympus
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    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
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