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USS Awahou (YAG-24)

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
Self-propelled Miscellaneous Auxiliary Service Craft:
  • Built in 1912 as the twin-screw steamer Awahou by Fullerton and Co., Paisley, Scotland, for Levin & Co., Wellington,
  • Sold in 1930 to Richardson & Co. Ltd., Wellington, N.Z.
  • Acquired by the US Navy, 4 November 1942, from the New Zealand government, designated District Miscellaneous Auxiliary and commissioned USS Awahou (YAG-24) at Auckland, New Zealand
  • During World War II USS Awahou was assigned to the South Pacific Theater, Service Squadron Eight operating in the Guadalcanal area
  • Decommissioned, 28 March 1944, and returned to the New Zealand government
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 8 April 1944
  • Assigned to the High Commissioner for th Western Pacific in 1944 after return to the New Zealand government
  • Sold in 1949 to Union Manufacturing & Export Co., Suva
  • Sold in 1950 to Tony Carr, Sydney NSW)
  • Sold in 1952 to Carr Shipping & Trading Co., Sydney NSW
  • Final Disposition, 10 Sep 1952 reported missing after distress signal 60 miles west of Lord Howe Island on passage Sydney for Lord Howe Island
    Specifications:
    Displacement 410 t.
    Length 146'
    Beam 25' 1"
    Draft 9' 1"
    Speed unknown
    Complement unknown
    Armament unknown
    Propulsion two Fairbanks-Morse 12-cylinder diesels, twin propellers, 51nhp
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