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Contributed by Don McGrogan, BMCS USN Ret. - Popular Patch

USS Mazama (AE-9)

International Radio Call Signs,
1944 International Radio Call Sign: November - Uniform - Sierra - Alpha NUSA	1961 International Radio Call Sign: November - Sierra - Juliet - Whiskey NSJW

JANAP Tactical Voice Radio Call Sign - Genuine (L)ima - 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 - Navy Expeditionary Medal (1-Cuba, 1FEB-9MAR62) - American Campaign Medal
Second Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (3) - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia or Europe clasp)
Third Row - National Defense Service Medal (3) - Vietnam Service Medal (4) - Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (Cuba-24OCT-2DEC62, Dominican Republic-2-14MAY65)
Fourth Row - Philippines Presidential Unit Citation - Philippines Liberation Medal (1) - Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal

Lassen Class Ammunition Ship

Laid down, date unknown, as a Maritime Commission type (C2 Cargo) hull under a Maritime Commission contract at Tampa Shipbuilding Corp., Tampa, FL.

Launched, 15 August 1943

Commissioned, USS Mazama (AE-9), 10 March 1944, CDR. P. V. R. Harris, USNR, in command

During WWII USS Mazama was assigned to Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaigns:

Campaign and Dates	Campaign and Dates
Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
Marianas operation Capture and occupation of Saipan, 21 to 23 June 1944	3d Fleet operations against Japan, 15 August 1945
Leyte operation Leyte Gulf landings, 23 October to 1 November 1944

Following World War II USS Mazama was assigned to Occupation service in the Far East from 2 to 10 September 1945

Decommissioned, 3 August 1946, at San Diego, CA.

Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, San Diego Group

Recommissioned, 24 April 1952

USS Mazama was assigned to Occupation service in Europe from 27 June 1953 to 15 January 1955

Decommissioned, 10 June 1957, at Orange TX.

Laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Texas Group, Orange

Transferred to the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Beaumont, TX, 1 March 1960

Withdrawn from reserve and transferred to the US Navy 8 August 1961

Recommissioned, 27 November 1961

During the Vietnam War USS Mazama participated in the following campaigns:

Campaign and Dates	Campaign and Dates
Vietnam War Campaigns
Vietnam Counteroffensive 12 to 25 May 1966 13 to 26 June 1966	Tet 69/Counteroffensive 20 April to 9 May 1969 6 to 8 June 1969
Vietnam Counteroffensive - Phase II 20 to 30 July 1966 18 August to 6 September 1966 10 to 13 September 1966 23 September to 8 October 1966 17 to 27 October 1966	Vietnam Summer-Fall 1969 9 to 24 June 1969 5 to 21 July 1969 7 to 27 August 1969 3 to 5 September 1969 26 September to 23 October 1969

Decommissioned in May 1970, at Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, Philadelphia, PA.

Laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet

Struck from the Naval Register, 1 September 1970

USS Mazama earned three battle stars for World War II service and four campaign stars for Vietnam War service

Custody transferred to the Maritime Administration, 19 November 1970, for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet

Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 1 March 1973, to Union Minerals and Alloys Corp., delivered, 16 April 1973

Specifications:
Displacement 6,350 t.(lt) 14,255 t.(fl)
Length 459'
Beam 63'
Draft 26' 5" (lim)
Speed 16 kts.

Complement

Officers 21

Enlisted 260

Largest Boom Capacity 30 t.

Armament

one single 5"/38 dual purpose gun mount

four single 3"/50 dual purpose gun mounts

two twin 40mm AA gun mounts

eight twin 20mm AA gun mounts

Cargo capacity 7,485 DWT

non-refrigerated 425,000 Cu ft.
Fuel Capacity

Diesel 8,425 Bbls

Propulsion

two Nordberg TSM 219 Diesel engine

single Fairbanks Morse Main Reduction Gears

Ship's Service Generators

four Diesel-drive 300Kw 120V/240V D.C.

one Diesel-drive 150Kw 120V/240V D.C.

single propeller, 6,000shp

Size	Image Description	Contributed By
100k	The drawing for Design 32/13F for *USS Mazama* (AE-9)*, 20 June 20, 1944. This drawing specifies vertical colors of light gray (5-L), ocean gray (5-O), and dull black (BK) with the horizontal color of deck blue (20-B). This drawing also has two waterlines. US National Archives Photos #'s 80-G-176503 and 80-G-176504*	Yu Chu
74k	*USS Mazama* (AE-9)** moored pierside, circa early 1944, location unknown.. US National Archives, RG-19-LCM, photo # 19-N-633398, a US Navy Bureau of Ships photo now in the collections of the US National Archives, courtesy Shipscribe.com.	Robert Hurst
111k	*USS Mazama* (AE-9)** re-commissioning ceremony, 24 April 1952, at Naval Station San Diego. Officers on the dias are from left to right; CAPT E. F. Abernethy, Commander, San Diego Group, Pacific Reserve Fleet; CAPT. J. W. Haviland, Commander, Sub Group Two, San Diego Reserve Fleet; CAPT. J. W. Haviland, Commander, USS Mazama; CDR. J. H. Shilling, Naval Station chaplain; and LCDR. L. D. Chansler, Executive Officer, USS Mazama. Eleventh Naval District Public Information Office photo 5811-52.	Ron Reeves
80k	*USS Mazama* (AE-9)** under way, circa early 1950s, location unknown. US Navy photo # USN 1044024, from the collections of the US Naval History and Heritage Command, courtesy Shipscribe.com.	Robert Hurst
96k	*USS Mazama* (AE-9)** under way, circa 1956, location unknown. US Navy photo from the collections of the US Naval History and Heritage Command, courtesy Shipscribe.com.	Robert Hurst
55k	*USS Mazama* (AE-9)** under way, date and location unknown. US Navy photo	"AE" Sailors Association
116k	*USS Mazama* (AE-9)** under way, date and location unknown. US Navy photo	Robert Hurst
95k	*USS Mazama* (AE-9)** under way in harbor at Valletta, Malta, date unknown	Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret.
53k	*USS Mazama* (AE-9)** at anchor with other 6th Fleet units, date and location unknown.	Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret.
84k	*USS Mazama* (AE-9) during an underway replenishment with USS Franklin D. Roosevelt (CVA-42)** and her air wing Carrier Air Wing One (CVW-1)in the Mediterranean Sea, circa 1962-64. Aircraft spotted on deck belong to Attack Squadron Twelve (VA-12) "Flying Ubangis"	Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret.
166k	*USS Mazama* (AE-9)** under way off Mayport, FL. in 1965. US navy photo.	Mike Smolinski
26k	*USS Mazama* (AE-9)** under way, date and location unknown.	Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret.
132k	*USS Mazama* (AE-9) conducting and underway replenishment with the attack aircraft carrier USS Bonhomme Richard (CVA-31)**, circa 1969, location unknown. US Navy photo by PH1 J. D. Martin.	Robert Hurst
68k	*USS Mazama* (AE-9)** under way, date and location unknown.	Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret.

USS Mazama (AE-9)
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)

Commanding Officers
01	CDR. Harris, P. V. R.	10 March 1944 - January 1946
02	LCDR. Fish, Hamilton C.	January 1946 - 21 March 1946
03	LCDR. Gadberry, William Franklin	21 March 1946 - 3 August 1946
	Decommissioned	3 August 1946 - 24 April 1952
04	CAPT. Haviland III, James William, USN (USNA 1925)	24 April 1952 - 1952
05	CAPT. Holley, G. M.	1952 - November 1955
06	CAPT. Dalton, Joseph Francis, USN (USNA 1937)	November 1955 - 10 June 1957
	Decommissioned	10 June 1957 - 27 November 1961
07	CAPT. Hankey, John Robert	27 November 1961 - 13 March 1963
08	CAPT. Osterhoudt, Raymond Shrady, USN	13 March 1963 - 11 March 1964
09	CAPT. Schremp, James Frances, USN (USNA 1942)	11 March 1964 - 24 March 1965
10	CAPT. Lambert, Glenn Earl, USN (USNA 1944)	24 March 1965 - 8 July 1966
11	CAPT. Kiley, Donald Walter	8 July 1966 - 25 July 1967
12	CAPT. Cummings, Jr., Arthur Howard	25 July 1967 - 18 July 1968
13	CAPT. Viscardi, Peter Walsh	18 July 1968 - 30 December 1969
14	CAPT. Howe, Thomas	30 December 1969 - 13 March 1970


Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler and Ron Reeves

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