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USS Kangaroo (IX-121)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Juliet - Lima - Golf NJLG

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)

Armadillo Class Mobile Station Tanker:

Laid down, 28 September 1943, as SS Paul Tulane, a Maritime Commission type (Z-ET1-S-C3) hull, under Maritime Commission contract (MCE 1929) at Delta Shipbuilding Co., New Orleans, LA.

Renamed SS Kangaroo 27 October 1943

Launched, 6 November 1943

Acquired by the Navy 17 December 1943, New Orleans, LA.

Commissioned USS Kangaroo (IX-121), 20 December 1943, LT. G. D. Lawson in command

During World War II Kangaroo was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater

Decommissioned, 13 May 1946, at Norfolk, VA.

Struck from the Naval Register and delivered to the War Shipping Administration (WSA), 14 May 1946, at the National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River Group, Lee Hall, VA. for disposal

Merchant Service

Sold, 3 May 1948, to Federal Motorship Corp., renamed SS Mostank

Sold in 1950 to a Norwegian owner, reflagged Norway

Sold in December 1954 to Seaforth S.S. Corp, renamed SS Seabrave, reflagged Panamanian

Converted to a dry cargo carrier in 1954 at Schiedam (Netherlands), renamed SS Niborio

Sold in 1967 to Greece owners, renamed SS Andros Seafarer

Sold in March 1963, Caroline Navigation, Inc., Panama renamed SS San Pablo

Sold in 1966 to Narrows Navigation, Inc., Panama, name retainded

Final Disposition, scrapped, March 1969 at Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Specifications:
Displacement 3,665 t.(lt)
Length 441' 6"
Beam 56' 11"
Draft 28' 4"
Speed 11 kts.
Complement 79

Armament

one single 5"/38 dual purpose gun mount

one single 3"/50 dual purpose gun mount

eight single 20mm AA gun mounts

Propulsion

two 220 PSI boilers

one triple-expansion reciprocating engine

single 4 blade, 18' 6" propeller, 2,500shp

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By
United States Maritime Commission
094611702	140k	United States Maritime Commission Tanker Design Z-ET-1-S-C3. US National Archives photo thanks to Auke Visser's Famous T-Tanker Pages
USS Kangaroo (IX-121)
094612106	111k	*Namesake* Kangaroo - a marsupial indigenous to Australia and New Guinea.	Tommy Trampp
Merchant Service
	81k	Ex-*USS Kangaroo* (IX-121)** as the Greece-flagged, SS Andros Seafarer underway with the assistance of a tug, at Vancouver, B.C., Canada, 2 March 1958 Photo from Auke Visser's Famous T - Tankers Pages.	Tommy Trampp
	57k	Ex-*USS Kangaroo* (IX-121)** as the Panama-flagged SS San Pablo leaving Immingham, England, in the mid-1960s	Gerhard Mueller-Debus
	198k	SS San Pablo leaving Vancouver, B.C., in the 1960s. Photo ©R. Sherlock.	Gerhard Mueller-Debus
094612107	86k	The Caroline Navigation, Inc., Panama [Ceres Shipping Co., Ltd. - G. P. Livanos], operated dry cargo ship SS San Pablo tied up dockside, date and location unknown. Paul Tulane (aukevisser.nl)	Robert Hurst
	90k	SS San Pablo entering a U.S. port, circa 1965.	Gerhard Mueller-Debus
	140k	SS San Pablo at anchor in the port of Vancouver, B.C., cica 1963-1966	Gerhard Mueller-Debus

USS Kangaroo (IX-121)
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)

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

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