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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143k | Photo - View of the eruption of Kilauea from outside Kaluapele, 20 December 2020. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons |
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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. |
John Chiquoine | |
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386k | Overhead view of USS Kilauea (AE-4) at anchor in Hampton Roads, VA., 27 November 1942; the day after Thanksgiving that year. She is painted in Camouflage Measure 22.
US Navy photo now in the custody of the US National Archives and Records Administration, College Park, MD. photo # 80-G-17345 |
Tracy White | |
| USS Mount Baker (AE-4) |
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299k | Photo - Mount Baker, photographed from English Bay, looms over the residential towers of downtown Vancouver, WA., 22 May 2022. Photo by Tim Bray. Licensed by Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International CC BY-SA 4.0 Deed. |
Tommy Trampp | |
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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 |
Darryl Baker | |
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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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Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
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AE/AOE Sailors Association
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