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AGC-14 Teton

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1)
Bottom Row - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - Philippines Liberation Medal

Mount McKinley Class Amphibious Force Command Ship:

Laid down, 9 November 1943, as SS Water Witch, a Maritime Commission type (C2-S-AJ1) hull under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 1363) at North Carolina Shipbuilding Co. Wilmington, N.C.

Renamed Teton, 1 February 1944

Launched, 5 February 1944

Acquired by the Navy, 18 October 1944

Commissioned USS Teton (AGC-14), 18 October 1944, at Brooklyn, N.Y., Capt. Donald Rex Tallman in command

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

Okinawa Gunto operation
Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 1 April to 11 June 1945

Decommissioned, 30 August 1946, at San Diego, CA.

Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet

Struck from the Naval Register, 1 June 1961

Final Disposition, sold for scrapping in March 1962, to Union Minerals and Alloys Corp., New York, N.Y.

Teton received one battle star for World War II service

Specifications:
Displacement 7,500 t.(lt), 12,580 t.(fl)
Length 459'3"
Beam 63'
Draft 28'2"
Speed 15 kts.
Complement

54 Officers

568 Enlisted
Armament

two single 5"/38 DP gun mounts

four twin 40mm AA gun mounts

ten twin 20mm AA gun mounts
Propulsion

1 General Electric Geared turbine drive

2 Babcock & Wilcox header-type boilers

single propeller, designed shaft horsepower 6,000

Size	Image Description	Contributed By
79k	Teton (AGC-14) off Navy Yard Mare Island, Vallejo, CA., 7 January 1945. *Teton* was in overhaul at Mare Island from 1 December 1944 until 11 January 1945. US Navy photo # NH 99925 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center.	US Naval Historical Center
81k	Broadside view of Teton (AGC-14) off Navy Yard Mare Island, Vallejo, CA., 7 January 1945. US Navy photo # NH 99926 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center.	US Naval Historical Center
59k	Bows on view of Teton (AGC-14) off Navy Yard Mare Island, Vallejo, CA., 7 January 1945. US Navy photo # NH 99927 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center.	US Naval Historical Center
58k	Stern view of Teton (AGC-14) off Navy Yard Mare Island, Vallejo, CA., 7 January 1945. US Navy photo # NH 99928 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center.	US Naval Historical Center
86k	Plan view forward of Teton (AGC-14) at Navy Yard Mare Island, Vallejo, CA., 11 January 1945. White outlines mark recent alterations to the ship. US Navy photo # NH 99929 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center.	US Naval Historical Center
126k	Teton AGC-14) plan view amidships, from off the port side, at the Navy Yard Mare Island, Vallejo, CA., 11 January 1945. White outlines mark recent alterations to the ship. Note modified LCP(L) landing craft on gravity davits forward of *Teton's bridge. US Navy photo # NH 99930* from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center.	US Naval Historical Center
90k	Plan view aft of Teton AGC-14) taken from off the port quarter at Navy Yard Mare Island, Vallejo, CA., 11 January 1945. White outlines mark recent alterations to the ship. Note mooring line, with rat guard, in the foreground. US Navy photo # NH 99931 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center.	US Naval Historical Center
83k	Teton AGC-14) as the flagship of Rear Admiral John L. Hall during the Okinawa operation. Probably photographed at an anchorage in the Ryukyu Islands, circa spring 1945. US Navy photo # NH 99932 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center.	US Naval Historical Center
88k	Teton AGC-14) in Subic Bay, Philippine Islands, 27 July 1945. Catskill (LSV-1) is partially visible in the far right background. Taken from on board an LCM landing craft by PH1 R. Schuddekopf, assigned to Commander, Amphibious Group Twelve. US National Archives photo # 80-G-K-6446 (Color), a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives.	US Naval Historical Center
24k	Teton (AGC-14) "at the pier in Tokyo Sometime between 16 and 25 September 1945. USS Teton was Fifth ship to enter Tokyo Bay and the only large ship to tie up to a pier in Tokyo proper. I took these pictures with a Kodak folding cameras on film that was liberated from the photo compartment on the Teton. It was large reconnaissance film that had to be cut down to fit my, as I recall, 620 size film. In the cutting it became exposed to some light which you can see caused the white portions." Art Panzini	Photo by Art Panzini, USS Teton
54k	Teton (AGC-14) pierside at Tokyo, circa 16 to 25 September 1945	Art Panzini, USS Teton
26k	Teton (AGC-14) pierside at Tokyo, circa 16 to 25 September 1945	Photo By Art Panzini, USS Teton
23k	Art Panzini on the pier at Tokyo, Japan with Teton (AGC-14) in the background, circa 16 to 25 September 1945	Art Panzini, USS Teton
37k	Art Panzini standing in the Teton (AGC-14)'s fire control tower	Art Panzini, USS Teton
53k	Art Panzini aboard Teton (AGC-14) while at sea, date unknown.	Art Panzini, USS Teton
40k	Art Panzini at his 20mm gun mount	Art Panzini, USS Teton
70k	Teton (AGC-14) moored pierside at the end of the Customs House Pier, Yokohama, 16 September 1945. serving as the communications ship for the Supreme Allied Commander, General Douglas MacArthur	Art Panzini, USS Teton