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AGC-13 Panamint

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 (1) - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)

Mount McKinley Class Amphibious Force Command Ship:

Laid down, 1 September 1943, as SS Northern Light, a Maritime Commission type (C2-S-AJ1) hull, under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 1354) at North Carolina Shipbuilding Co., Wilmington, N.C.

Launched, 9 November 1943

Acquired by the Navy from the Maritime Commission, 29 February 1944

Converted to a general communications vessel at Todd-Hoboken Yard, Hoboken, N.J.

Commissioned Amphibious Command Ship USS Panamint (AGC-13), 14 October 1944, Capt. E. E. Woods in command

During World War II Panamint was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaign:

Okinawa Gunto operation:
Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 1 April to 30 June 1945

Decommissioned in January 1947, at San Diego, CA.

Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, San Diego Group

Struck for the Naval Register, 1 July 1960

Final Disposition approved for disposal, 4 November 1960, scrapped in 1961

Panamint received one battle star for World War II service.

Specifications:
Displacement 7,240 t.(lt) 12,690 t.(fl)
Length 459' 2"
Beam 63'
Draft 24'
Speed 16 kts.
Complement 54 Officers, 579 Enlisted
Armament

two single 5"/38 dual purpose gun mounts

four twin 40mm AA gun mounts

ten twin 20mm AA gun mounts
Propulsion one geared turbine, single propeller, 6,000shp

Size	Image Description	Contributed By
122k	Panamint (AGC-13) underway in the East River, New York, N.Y., 15 October 1944. One day after being placed in full commission at Todd-Hoboken Yard, Hoboken, N.J. US Navy photo	Russ Padden
148k	Panamint (AGC-13) underway in the East River, New York, N.Y., after being placed in full commission at Todd-Hoboken Yard, Hoboken, N.J. US Navy photo	Russ Padden
84k	Stern view of Panamint (AGC-13) underway in San Francisco Bay, 28 December 1944. *Panamint* was in overhaul at Mare Island from 22 November 1944 to 2 January 1945. Navy Yard Mare Island photo # 8026-44.	Darryl Baker
96k	Broadside view of Panamint (AGC-13) underway in San Francisco Bay, 28 December 1944, while undergoing bay trials. Navy Yard Mare Island photo # 8028-44.	Darryl Baker
86k	Bows on view of Panamint (AGC-13) underway in San Francisco Bay, 28 December 1944, while undergoing bay trials. Navy Yard Mare Island photo # 8031-44.	Darryl Baker
115k	Forward plan view of Panamint (AGC-13) at Navy Yard Mare Island, Vallejo, CA., 30 December 1944, while undergoing bay trials. Navy Yard Mare Island photo # 8070-44.	Darryl Baker
110k	Aft plan view of Panamint (AGC-13) at Navy Yard Mare Island, Vallejo, CA., 30 December 1944, while undergoing bay trials. Navy Yard Mare Island photo # 8073-44.	Darryl Baker
73k	Panamint (AGC-13) battles heavy seas in the Northern Pacific, late summer 1945.	Dave Anthony RT2/c, USS Panamint
76k	Three Japanese emissaries surrender to Admiral Fletcher's North Pacific Force off Hokkaido and northern Honshu aboard one of Panamint (AGC-13) boats, September 1945.	Dave Anthony RT2/c, USS Panamint
107k	Panamint (AGC-13) at anchor in Mutsu Bay, Northern Honshu, Japan, 15 September 1945 after accepting the surrender of Japanese forces in Northern Japan. US Navy photo	Russ Padden
51k	Panamint (AGC-13), at Juneau, Alaska, 27 October 1945 for Navy Day celebrations. Photo by Amy Lou Blood	Dave Anthony RT2/c, USS Panamint
51k	Panamint (AGC-13), at Juneau, Alaska, 27 October 1945 for Navy Day celebrations. Photo by Amy Lou Blood	Dave Anthony RT2/c, USS Panamint
85k	Panamint (AGC-13), at Sasebo, Japan, 19 December 1945.	Courtesy Bob Ochs, submitted by the National Association of USS LCS(L) 1-130
85k	Panamint (AGC-13), heading down San Francisco Bay from Mare Island Naval Shipyard and out to sea for yard trials, May 1946.	Dave Anthony RT2/c, USS Panamint

A Special series of photos by Dave Anthony RT2/c, a former crew member, showing Panamint (AGC-13) being moved by tug from Mare Island Navy Yard, where she was in drydock undergoing overhaul, to an anchorage off Sausalito, in San Francisco Bay during late April or early May 1946.

Size	Image Description	Contributed By
93k	Panamint (AGC-13), view of the bridge from forecastle.	Dave Anthony
73k	Panamint (AGC-13), looking up at the bridge.	Dave Anthony
53k	Panamint (AGC-13), looking up at superstructure from deck, aft.	Dave Anthony
125k	Panamint (AGC-13), view aft through kingposts.	Dave Anthony
65k	Panamint (AGC-13), fantail with spectators "supervising."	Dave Anthony
56k	View from Panamint (AGC-13), looking down on tug alongside.	Dave Anthony
69k	Tug pulling Panamint (AGC-13) into the stream.	Dave Anthony
71k	Panamint (AGC-13), underway, starboard side, forward.	Dave Anthony
60k	Panamint (AGC-13) figures on bridge, starboard side.	Dave Anthony
69k	Panamint (AGC-13), at Sausalito anchorage, boom and boats.	Dave Anthony
54k	One of Panamint (AGC-13)'s, boats at Sausalito anchorage, May 1946.	Dave Anthony
59k	Panamint (AGC-13), at Sausalito anchorage, boom and boats. May 1946.	Dave Anthony
59k	Panamint (AGC-13), at Mare Island, looking down on the quarterdeck area, May 1946.	Dave Anthony