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USS Mindoro (YAG-15)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Zulu - Alpha - Sierra
 NZAS
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
Self-propelled Steel-hulled Miscellaneous Auxiliary Service Craft:
  • Built in 1921 as Kallisto, a diesel powered steel-hulled yacht, at Krupp Germania Werft, Kiel, Germany
  • Delivered to her owners Anschutz and Coin in August 1921
  • Sold in 1930 to Zane Gray, renamed Fisherman II
  • In 1931 refitted before sailing to Fiji in aborted round the world trip
  • Sold in 1936 to W.R. Dobbs, San Pedro, CA., converted to a cargo vessel
  • Acquired by the Navy, 30 July 1942
  • Renamed Mindoro (YAG-15), 22 August 1942
  • Commissioned USS Mindoro (YAG-15), 6 January 1943 at Long Beach, CA., Lt. William K. Gillett in command
  • During World War II USS Mindoro served in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater
  • The name Mindoro was withdrawn from YAG-15. 1 March 1945
  • Decommissioned, 3 December 1945
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 19 December 1945
  • Transferred to the Maritime Commission, 22 October 1946, for disposal
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 445 t. (gr.)
    Length 156' 2"
    Beam 28' 5"
    Draft 15' 11
    Speed 10 kts.
    Complement 25
    Armament
    one single 6-pdr. gun mount
    two single 20mm AA gun mounts
    two depth charge projectors
    Propulsion two 6-cylinder diesels, 450bhp
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