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USS Granville S. Hall (YAG-40)

Flag Hoist/International Radio Call Sign:
November - Whiskey - Oscar - Mike NWOM

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

National Defense Service Medal

Laid down, 16 September 1944, as a Maritime Commission type (EC2-S-C1) hull, under Maritime Commission contract (MCE hull 2325), at J. A. Jones Construction Co., Inc., Panama City, FL.

Launched, 22 October 1944

Delivered under charter from War Shipping Administration (WSA) to Coast-Wise Line, October 1944

Laid up, June 1952, in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay, CA.

Acquired by the US Navy May 1953

Designated YAG-40, May 1953

Placed in service (date unknown)

Placed out of service and laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, 1957

Reactivated in May 1962, at Triple A Machine Shop, San Francisco, Ca.

Commissioned USS Granville S. Hall (YAG-40) at San Francisco, 20 October 1962, LCDR. H.W. Kepler in command

Decommissioned, May 1971

Struck From the Naval Register, May 1972

Final Disposition, probably disposed of as a target off the Hawaiian Islands in 1972

Specifications:
Displacement 3,890 t.(lt) 11,600 t.(fl)
Length 442'"
Beam 57'
Draft 28'
Speed 10 kts.
Complement 8 to 15
Armament none
Propulsion

Triple expansion reciprocating steam engine

two boilers

single propeller, 1,950shp

Size	Image Description	Contributed By
96k	Granville S. Hall (YAG-40) off the Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, CA., 12 November 1953, following conversion for Navy use. Note the large "B" painted on her smokestack US Navy photo # NH 98202	US Naval Historical Center
103k	Granville S. Hall (YAG-40) off the Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, CA., 12 November 1953, following conversion for Navy use. US Navy photo # NH 98238	US Naval Historical Center
104k	Granville S. Hall (YAG-40) off the Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, CA., 12 November 1953, following conversion for Navy use. US Navy photo # NH 98203	US Naval Historical Center
87k	Granville S. Hall (YAG-40) off the Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, CA., 12 November 1953, following conversion for Navy use. US Navy photo # NH 98204	US Naval Historical Center
128k	*USS Granville S. Hall* (YAG-40)** underway off the coast of Oahu, HI., 8 November 1965. Note the big pie plate shape on her forward mast which was a Nuclear Fallout Sampling platform. Photographed by Ph3 H.B. Greer, of Naval Air Station Barber's Point, Hawaii. US Navy photo # KN 12831 by PH3 H.B. Greer, NAS Barber's Point, HI.	US Naval Historical Center
184k	*USS Granville S. Hall* (YAG-40)** underway, location unknown, circa 1966 US Navy photo	Robert Hurst
51k	*USS Granville S. Hall* (YAG-40)** underway, date and location unknown US Navy photo	Robert Hurst
59k	*USS Granville S. Hall* (YAG-40)** moored, date and location unknown US Navy photo	Richard Miller BMCS USNR RET

USS Granville S. Hall (YAG-40)
DANFS history entry located at the US Naval History and Heritage Command

Commanding Officers
01	LCDR Kepler, Homer Wendle	20 October 1962 - ?
02	CDR Ruhsenberger, Roger	1966
03	LCDR Keiser, Robert Burns, USN	1967 - 1969
04	LCDR Karmenzind, William Pasco, USN	1969 - 1971
04	LCDR Wilson, William Wellington, USN	1971 - 10 May 1971


Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler and Ron Reeves

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log

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