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USS Tanner (AGS-15)
ex
 USS Pamina (AKA-34) (1945 - 1946)

Tanner International Radio Call Sign:
November - Charlie - Alpha - Zulu
 NCAZ
Pamina International Radio Call Sign:
November - Kilo - Uniform - Kilo
 NKUK
Tanner (AGS-15) Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Navy Meritorious Unit Citation
Bottom Row - National Defense Service Medal - Vietnam Service Medal (2)- Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Pamina (AKA-34) 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)
Artemis Class Attack Cargo Ship:
  • Laid down (date unknown) as a Maritime Commission type (S4-SE2-BE1) hull, under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 1895) at Welsh-Kaiser Co. Providence. R.I.
  • Launched, 5 January 1945
  • Commissioned USS Pamina (AKA-34), 10 February 1945, LCDR. E. P. Teague in command
  • During World War II USS Pamina was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaign:
    Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
    Campaign and Dates
    Okinawa Gunto operation
    Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 15 May 1945

  • Reclassified a Survey Ship and renamed, USS Tanner (AGS-15), 15 May 1946
  • During the Vietnam War USS Tanner participated in the following campaigns:
    Vietnam War Campaigns
    Campaign and Dates Campaign and Dates
    Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase III
    17 October to 16 November 1967
    3 to 24 December 1967     		Tet Counteroffensive
    10 February to 6 March 1968

  • Decommissioned, 14 July 1969
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 1 August 1969
  • Returned to the Maritime Administration
  • Final Disposition, scrapped in 1970
  • USS Pamina received one battle star for World War II service
  • USS Tanner received two campaign stars for Vietnam War service
    AKA Specifications:
    Displacement 4,087 t.(lt) 7,080 t.(fl)
    Length 426'
    Beam 58'
    Draft 16'5"
    Speed 16.9 kts.
    Complement 303
    Armament
    one single 5"/38 dual purpose gun mount
    four dual 40mm AA gun mounts
    ten single 20mm AA gun mounts
    Cargo Capacity 4,450 DWT
    Boats
    one LCP(L)
    twelve LCVPs
    eight LCM(3)s
    Troop Accommodations 264
    Propulsion two turbo-electric engines, twin shafts, 6,000shp
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    USS Pamina (AKA-34)
    Tanner 34k USS Pamina (AKA-34) underway, date and location unknown. Robert Hurst
    USS Tanner (AGS-15)
    Tanner 37k USS Tanner (AGS-15) at anchor off San Salvador, circa 1953 Terry D. Gann USS Tanner
    Tanner 61k USS Tanner (AGS-15) at anchor, date and location unknown.
    US Navy photo    		 .
    Tanner 390k Stern view of USS Tanner (AGS-15) moored at Genoa, Italy, 31 March 1957. Photo by Carol Martinelli
    Tanner 56k USS Tanner (AGS-15) underway, circa 1965, location unknown.
    US Navy photo    		 Robert Hurst
    Tanner 550k USS Tanner (AGS-15) moored inboard of USS Sheldrake (AGS-19) at Genoa, Italy, 1 February 1965. Photo by Carol Martinelli
    Tanner 52k USS Tanner (AGS-15) underway, circa late 1966-early 1967, location unknown.
    US Navy photo from DANFS.    		 Terry D. Gann USS Tanner, courtesy Daniel Bittleston USS Tanner
    Tanner 66k USS Tanner (AGS-15) moored pierside at Pearl Harbor, May 1968 ©Richard Leonhardt
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    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval History and Heritage Command
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
    Fleet Reserve Association
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    Navy Survey Ships (AGS) Designator Listing
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