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Juniata (IX-77)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Yankee - Victor - Uniform NYVU

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal

Auxiliary Schooner:

Built in 1930 as Etak by Krupp, Kiel, Germany

Renamed Vega in 1938

Purchased by the US Navy from H. W. Rohl, Los Angeles, CA., 1 July 1942

Placed in service as Juniata (IX-77), 11 August 1942

Assigned to Commander Western Sea Frontier, 12 September 1942

Placed out of service, 1 January 1945 at Naval Station Treasure Island, San Francisco, CA.

Struck from the Naval Register, 19 January 1945

Sold by the War Shipping Administration, 4 June 1945

Registered in 1947 by Thomas F. Hamilton, Hollywood, CA. as yacht Vega

Registered in 1951 by Cornelius Crane, New York, as passenger vessel Vega, homeport Honolulu, T.H.

Operated in 1952 under French flag by George and Betty Stoll’s Flint School, Sarasota, FL. as schools ship Te Vega

Final Disposition, fate unknown

Specifications:
Displacement 242 t.
Length 134'
Beam 28' 2"
Draft 17' 5"
Speed 11kts
Complement unknown
Auxiliary Propulsion System Diesel engine, single propeller

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By
Juniata (IX-77)
	109k	Juniata (IX-77) Photographed during World War II. in San Francisco Bay US Navy photo # NH 97587	US Naval Historical Center
	215k	Juniata (IX-77) starboard side looking aft.	Tim McGeachy for his father LTjg. Sam McGeachy Juanita
	175k	Juniata (IX-77) port side looking forward.	Tim McGeachy for his father LTjg. Sam McGeachy Juanita
	103k	Juniata (IX-77) underway, date and location unknown.	Jim Swank
	119k	Juniata (IX-77) moored in San Francisco Bay, off Naval Station Treasure Island, circa mid-1943. Note San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge in background. US National Archives, RG-19-LCM. Photo # 19-N-49489, a US Navy Bureau of Ships photo now in the collections of the US National Archives, courtesy Shipscribe.com.	Robert Hurst
Te Vega
	120k	Te Vega on the Hudson River, 4 July 1976. Photo courtesy of Scott Rasmussen.	Robert Hurst

Juniata (IX-77) crew photos taken while underway out of San Francisco on patrol, circa 1943-44. Juniata's areas of responsibility ranged from Pacific Northwest to Hawaii. LTjg. Sam McGeachy is at the wheel as well as on deck in these photos.
Submitted by Tim McGeachy for his father LTjg. Sam McGeachy Juanita