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USS Panamint (AGC-13)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Whiskey - Delta - India NWDI

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
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 USS Panamint was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaign:

Campaign and Dates
Asiatic-Pacific Campaign
Okinawa Gunto operation Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 1 April to 15 June 1945

Following World War II USS Panamint was assigned to Occupation and China service in the Far East for the following periods:

Navy Occupation Service Medal	China Service Medal (extended)
6 to 20 September 1945
15 November 1945 to 24 February 1946
25 February to 8 March 1946	25 February to 8 March 1946

USS Panamint (AGC-13) was assigned to Joint Task Force 1, Task Unit 1.3.3 Transportation Group (Observation Units) for Operation Crossroads the atomic bomb tests at Bikini Atoll in July 1946

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

Approved for disposal, 4 November 1960

Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 20 March 1961, to Boston Metals Co. (PD-X-598 dated 25 January 1961) for $211,666.66 (two ship lot)

USS 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 16.4 kts (trial)

Complement

Officers 54

Enlisted 579

Largest Boom Capacity 10 t.

Armament

two single 5"/38 cal dual purpose gun mounts

four twin 40mm AA gun mounts

ten twin 20mm AA gun mounts

Fuel Capacities

NSFO 22,650 Bbls

Diesel 700 Bbls

Propulsion

one General Electric geared turbine

two Combustion Engineering header-type boilers, 450psi 750°

double General Electric Main Reduction Gears Ship's Service Generators
three turbo-drive 500Kw 120V/240V D.C.
one Diesel-drive 100Kw 450V A.C.

single propeller, 6,000shp

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By
US Maritime Commission
	55k	SS Northern Light just after launching, 9 November 1943, at North Carolina Shipbuilding Co., Wilmington, N.C.	Gerhard Mueller-Debus
USS Panamint (AGC-13)
10011353	241k	Namesake Panamint -The Panamint Range is a short rugged fault-block mountain range in the northern Mojave Desert, within Death Valley National Park in Inyo County, eastern California. Photo - ©Daniel Mayer, CC BY-SA 1.0, via Wikimedia Commons Map - Death Valley National Park and surrounding Mojave Desert and Great Basin topography, in California and Nevada, ©Matthew Trump, via Wikimedia Commons	Tommy Trampp
	122k	*USS Panamint* (AGC-13)** under way 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	*USS Panamint* (AGC-13)** under way 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 *USS 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 *USS Panamint* (AGC-13)** under way in San Francisco Bay, 28 December 1944, while undergoing bay trials. Navy Yard Mare Island photo # 8028-44, a US National Archives RG-19-LCM. photo # 19-N-87327 from the US Navy Bureau of Ships.	Darryl Baker and Robert Hurst
	103k	*USS Panamint* (AGC-13)** under way in San Francisco Bay, 28 December 1944, while undergoing bay trials. US National Archives RG-19-LCM. photo # 19-N-94903, a US Navy Bureau of Ships photo now in the collections of the US National Archives, courtesy Shipscribe.com.	Robert Hurst
	86k	Bow on view of *USS Panamint* (AGC-13)** under way 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 *USS 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 *USS 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	*USS 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 *USS Panamint* (AGC-13)** boats, September 1945.	Dave Anthony RT2/c, USS Panamint
	107k	*USS 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
	165k	*USS Panamint* (AGC-13) at anchor in Ominato Bay, Japan in September 1945. USS Hughes (DD-410) and USS Anderson (DD-411) had escorted a force built around Panamint to get the surrender of Japanese forces in Northern Honshu in September, 1945. Here Hughes is approaching Panamint** to move mail and papers. Photo by Chester Bradley USS Hughes	John Chiquoine and Dave Schroeder
	51k	*USS 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	*USS 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	*USS Panamint* (AGC-13)**, at Sasebo, Japan, 19 December 1945.	Courtesy Bob Ochs, submitted by the National Association of USS LCS(L) 1-130
	209k	*Bow view of USS Panamint* (AGC-13)** at Mare Island Navy Yard on April 29, 1946. File name: AGC 13 1663-46, Navy Photo, 4/29/46	Darryl Baker
	352k	*Midships looking aft view of USS Panamint* (AGC-13)** at Mare Island Navy Yard on April 29, 1946. File name: AGC 13 1666-46, Navy Photo, 4/29/46	Darryl Baker
	85k	*USS 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

USS Panamint (AGC-13)
Dictionary of American Navy Fighting Ships (DANFS)

Commanding Officers
01	CAPT. Woods, Edwin Elmore, USN (USNA 1922) :RADM	14 October 1944 - 10 August 1945
02	CAPT. Ammon, William Bronley	10 August 1945 - 1946
03	CDR. McAuliffe, John Bernard	1946 - January 1947


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