NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive
Contributed by Don McGrogan BMCS, USN (Ret.) - Popular Patch
Contributed by Al Grazevich
USS Mount Baker (AE-4)
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USS Kilauea (AE-4) (1941 - 1943)
| International Radio Call Signs, |
1941 - USS Kilauea (AE-4) November - Oscar - Papa - Delta NOPD |
1943 - USS Mount Baker (AE-4) November - Charlie - Echo - Juliet NCEJ |
JANAP Tactical Voice Radio Call Sign - Debark (I)ndia - Section 6A of JANAP 119(F) 1968
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons
Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Defense Service Medal (with "A" device) - American Campaign Medal - Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal
Second Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - National Defense Service Medal
Third Row - Korea Service Medal (4) - Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (Taiwan Straits, Vietnam) - Vietnam Service Medal (7)
Fourth Row - United Nations Service Medal - Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal - Republic of Korea War Service Medal (retroactive)
Lassen Class Ammunition Ship
Korean Service Medal |
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| Campaign and Dates | Campaign and Dates |
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| Second Korean Winter
23 March to 3 April 1952 21 to 30 April 1952 | Korean Summer-Fall 1953
3 to 8 May 1953 23 May to 5 June 1953 14 to 24 June 1953 30 June to 10 July 1953 25 to 27 July 1953 |
| Korean Defense Summer-Fall 1952
1 to 5 May 1952 18 to 29 May 1952 20 June to 1 July 1952 26 July to 2 August 1952 10 to 23 August 1952 16 to 30 September 1952 16 to 27 October 1952 | Third Korean Winter
4 March 1953 14 to 17 March 1953 1 to 6 April 19 53 17 to 22 April 1953 |
Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal Vietnam Service Medal |
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| Campaigns and Dates | Campaigns and Dates |
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13 to 19 January 1965 23 January to 14 February 1965 3 to 21 May 1965 27 May to 5 June 1965 8 to 18 June 1965 | 30 January to 2 February 1968 24 February to 10 March 1968 18 to 29 March 1968 |
13 to 28 February 1966 16 to 25 March 1966 16 to 26 April 1966 22 May to 3 June 1966 14 to 19 June 1966 23 to 30 June 1966 | 27 November to 3 December 1968 10 to 19 December 1968 19 to 31 January 1969 12 to 22 February 1969 |
1 to 10 July 1966 1 to 12 August 1966 20 September to 11 October 1966 25 October to 10 November 1966 | 23 February 1969 12 to 22 March 1969 31 March to 16 April 1969 25 April to 6 May 1969 14 to 23 May 1969 5 to 8 June 1969 |
30 October to 27 November 1967 17 December 1967 to 5 January 1968 12 to 14 January 1968 22 to 29 January 1968 | 9 to 12 June 1969 |
Specifications:
Displacement 6,350 t.(lt) 14,225t.(fl)
Length 459'
Beam 63'
Draft 25' 11"
Speed 15.3 kts (trial)
Ship's Service Generators
four Diesel-drive 300Kw 120V/240V D.C.
one Diesel-drive 150Kw 120V/240V D.C.
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| USS Kilauea (AE-4) |
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224k | The C2 cargo vessel Surprise being modified at Alabama Shipbuilding to become the ammunition ship Kilauea (AE-4), mid-1941.
Photos by George Strock, Life Magazine. Used for educational and non-commercial purpose. |
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| USS Mount Baker (AE-4) |
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306k | USS Mount Baker (AE-4) alongside USS Missouri (BB-63) while conducting a replenishment at sea, date and location unknown. | Michael Mohl | |
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153k | USS Mount Baker (AE-4) alongside USS Chara (AKA-58) while conducting a transfer between ships during the Korea War, circa 1951-52. | David Kusel courtesy Wilbur Karsten USS Chara | |
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280k | USS Mount Baker (AE-4) conducting an underway replenishment with the cruiser
USS Helena (CA-75) and the
aircraft carrier USS Princeton (CVA-37),/a> in 1952 off Korea. US Navy photo Vallejo Naval & Historical Museum File AE 4 139X2-7-52 TH. |
Darryl Baker | |
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102k | USS Mount Baker (AE-4) arriving at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, CA., for overhaul. USS Mount Baker underwent repairs at Mare Island from 9 November 1953 to 20 January 1954. Mare Island Naval Shipyard photo # 19287-11-53, 11/9/53 |
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305k | CAPT. Adolph J Petersen USN (left) relieves CAPT Theodore H. Brittan on 3 November 1953 of the command of USS Mount Baker (AE-4)
while the ship was at Mare Island Naval Shipyard. US Navy photo, courtesy Vallejo Naval & Historical Museum. |
Darryl Baker | |
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129k | USS Mount Baker (AE-4) berthed at Mare Island Naval Shipyard with Vallejo in the background, circa 1953-1954. The ship was
in overhaul at Mare Island from 9 November 1953 to 17 January 1954. Note that much of the Vallejo waterfront area has been bulldozed for redevelopment. US Naval History and Heritage Command photo, courtesy Shipscribe.com. |
Robert Hurst | |
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118k | USS Mount Baker (AE-4) off San Francisco Naval Shipyard, 16 December 1955, following a regular overhaul.
U.S. Navy Bureau of Ships photo 19-NN-AE-4 Mt. Baker-153710. This image is available in the holdings of the National Archives and Records Administration, cataloged under the National Archives Identifier (NAID) 6927518 |
Robert Hurst | |
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93k | USS Mount Baker (AE-4) departing Naval Shipyard Mare Island on trials, 3 September 1957. Mount Baker was undergoing repairs at Mare Island from 21 June to 10 September 1957. Mare Island Naval Shipyard photo # 36384-9-57, 9/3/57 |
Darryl Baker | |
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121k | USS Mount Baker (AE-4) moored pierside at Naval Shipyard Mare Island, 13 January 1954.
Mare Island Naval Shipyard photo # NY9-19840-1-54, 13 January 1954 |
John Spiveyr | |
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46k | USS Mount Baker (AE-4) overhead view, at anchor, date and location unknown. | Hyperwar US Navy in WWII | |
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46k | USS Mount Baker (AE-4) underway, date and location unknown | "AE" Sailors Association | |
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608k | USS Mount Baker (AE-4) passing under the Golden Gate Bridge at San Francisco, date unknown. | Phil Bird LTjg MPA USS Mount Baker | |
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327k | USS Mount Baker (AE-4) moored to a buoy, location unknown, circa 1960. US Navy Photo courtesy Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum. |
Darryl Baker | |
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208k | USS Mount Baker (AE-4) under way, date and location unknown
US Navy Photo |
Mike Smolinski | |
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249k | CAPT. Norman E. White, USN (at podium) reads his orders relieving CAPT. Louis P. Pressler, USN (standing behind White) as Commanding Officer of USS Mt. Baker (AE-4) at
NAD Concord, CA., 8 April 1963. LCDR Vernon E. Stenberg (CHC) is Chaplain at NAD Conocord.
U.S. Navy photo from the collectiosn of the Vallejo Naval & Historical Museum, Vallejo, CA. |
Darryl Baker | |
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484k | USS Mount Baker (AE-4) and USS Ticonderoga (CVA-14) during an underway replenishment off the coast of California, 2 September 1965. Carrier Air Wing (CAW-5) deployed with USS Ticonderoga from 1960 to 1966. The A4 Skyhawk aircraft visible on the flight deck belong to VA-56 "Champions" and VA-144 "Roadrunners." .US Navy photo CVA-14-2854-9-65 9/2/65. |
Phil Bird LTjg MPA USS Mount Baker | |
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100k | USS Mount Baker (AE-4) conducts a replenishment-at-sea with USS Paul Revere (APA-248) and USS Valley Forge (LPH-8) during a WestPac deployment, circa 1960-1962. US Navy photo. |
Charles Schiele, Radioman, Comservron Three | |
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300k | USS Mount Baker (AE-4) inbound from sea passing under the Golden Gate Bridge as she enters San Francisco Bay, date unknown. | Nicholas Tiberio | |
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444k | USS Mount Baker (AE-4) conducting an underway replenishment with USS Intrepid
(CVS-11) on Mount Baker's port side and USS Wiltsie (DD-716) on Mount Baker's starboard side, while off the coast of Vietnam, 1 October 1966.
Photo by Dennis Voss Funchess Sr. USS Wiltsie (DD-716) during her 1966 WestPac deployment |
Bob Canchola | |
USS Mount Baker (AE-4)
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)
| Commanding Officers | ||
| 01 | CAPT. Causey Jr., William Isiah USN (USNA 1913) | 16 May 1941 - 15 June 1942 |
| 02 | LCDR. Hamblin, Francis Dow | 15 June 1942 - 20 June 1942 |
| 03 | CDR. Brashears Jr., George Washington USNR | 20 June 1942 - 23 June 1944 |
| 04 | LCDR. Brooks, Leroy Robert USNR | 23 June 1944 - 28 May 1945 |
| 05 | LCDR. Perry, Emil Bates USN | 28 May 1945 - 7 February 1946 |
| 06 | LCDR. Domingues, Milton P. USNR | 7 February 1946 - 15 August 1946 |
| Decommissioned | 15 August 1946 - 5 December 1951 | |
| 07 | CAPT. Nixon, Richard Mueller USN (USNA 1930) | 5 December 1951 - 3 November 1952 |
| 08 | CAPT. Brittan, Theodore Harry | 3 November 1952 - November 1953 |
| 09 | CAPT. Petersen, Adolph John USN | 3 November 1953 - 21 December 1954 |
| 10 | CAPT. Klein, Doyan USN (USNA 1935) | 21 December 1954 - 6 February 1956 |
| 11 | CAPT. Stewart, William Sidney USN (USNA 1937) | 6 February 1956 - 2 March 1957 |
| 12 | CAPT. Odening, Robert Ernest USN (USNA 1936) | 2 March 1957 - 27 May 1958 |
| 13 | CAPT. Slaughter, John Sim (Jack) USN (USNA 1937) | 27 May 1958 - 13 August 1959 |
| 14 | CAPT. Gugliotta, Guy Frank USN (USNA 1938) | 13 August 1959 - 27 May 1960 |
| 15 | CAPT. Privette Jr., William Garland USN | 27 May 1960 - 4 May 1961 |
| 16 | CAPT. Dobie Jr., Ernest William (Bill) USN (USNA 1940) :RADM | 4 May 1961 - 2 April 1962 |
| 17 | CAPT. Pressler, Louis Philip USN | 2 April 1962 - 8 April 1963 |
| 18 | CAPT. White, Norman Edward USN (USNA 1943) | 8 April 1963 - 25 February 1964 |
| 19 | CAPT. Gallagher Jr., Thomas James USN | 25 February 1964 - 27 March 1965 |
| 20 | CAPT. Tyler, Claude Leonidus USN | 27 March 1965 - 28 March 1966 |
| 21 | CAPT. Wolf, Robert Lowell USN (USNA 1944) | 28 March 1966 - 3 March 1967 |
| 22 | CAPT. Stankowski Sr., Robert John USN | 3 March 1967 - 21 June 1968 |
| 23 | CAPT. Hoke Sr., Charles Hearn USN | 21 June 1968 - 1 October 1969 |
| 24 | LCDR. Henry Jr., John Archie | 1 October 1969 - 2 December 1969 |
Crew Contact And Reunion Information
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