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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:
  • 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

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    Panamint 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
    Panamint 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
    Panamint 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
    Panamint 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
    Panamint 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
    Panamint 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
    Panamint 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
    Panamint 73k Panamint (AGC-13) battles heavy seas in the Northern Pacific, late summer 1945. Dave Anthony RT2/c, USS Panamint
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    Panamint 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.


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

    View Crew Photos by Dave Anthony RT2/c USS Panamint
    View the Panamint (AGC-13)
    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center web site
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation
    Fleet Reserve Association

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