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USS Kaula (AG-33)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Bravo - Juliet - Kilo NBJK

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Defense Service Medal (with bronze star in lieu of Fleet clasp)
Bottom Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal

Kaula Class Miscellaneous Auxiliary:

Built in 1938 by Henry Robb, Ltd., Leith, Scotland, for Bahamas Lines USA

Acquired as MV Cubahama, 3 January 1941, from her owner, Balboa Shipping Co., N.Y.

Commissioned in ordinary for conversion to naval service, 3 January 1941, LCDR. William L. Ware USN in command

Renamed Kaula 15 January 1941

Commissioned in full as USS Kaula (AG-33), 22 January 1941, at Baltimore. MD., LCDR. William L. Ware USN in command

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

July 1945 USS Kaula was assigned to the 17th Coast Guard District for duty in Alaskan waters.

Decommissioned, 14 January 1946

Struck from the Naval Register, 12 March 1946

Transferred to the Maritime Commission, 15 July 1946 for sale to her former owners, renamed MV Cubahama

Renamed MV Wandajean in 1976

Final Disposition, fate unknown, disappeared from shipping records in 1993

Specifications:
Displacement 2,100 t.(lt) 2,250 t.(fl)
Length 269' 9"
Beam 38' 3"
Draft 13' 5" (lim)
Speed 15.1 kts (trial)

Complement

Officers 7

Enlisted 63

Largest Boom Capacity 3 t.

Armament

one single 4"/50 cal gun mount

two single 3"/50 cal dual purpose gun mounts

four .50 cal. machine guns

Fuel Capacity Diesel 1,120 Bbls

Propulsion

two Atlas Diesel engines Ship's Service Generators
two Diesel-drive 60Kw 240V D.C.
two Diesel-drive 40Kw 240V D.C.

two propellers, 2,240shp

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Source
Merchant Service
	214k	Bahamas Lines, motor cargo vessel MV Cubahama underway, date and location unknown.	Leith Built Ships blog
	175k	Bahamas Lines, motor cargo vessel MV Cubahama underway, date and location unknown. Photo from 1943/44 Edition of "Jane's Fighting Ships"	Robert Hurst
USS Kaula (AG-33)
	60k	*USS Kaula* (AG-33)** moored pierside at Submarine Base, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, 13 October 1941. Cropped from US National Archives photo # 80-G-451125.	David Wright
	117k	*USS Kaula* (AG-33)** under way, 21 April 1943, location unknown. US Navy photo # 19-N-48584, a US Navy Bureau of Ships photo now in the collections of the US Naval History and Heritage Command, courtesy Shipscribe.com.	Robert Hurst
	97k	Broadside view of *USS Kaula* (AG-33)** under way in Puget Sound, 26 July 1945. Naval Air Station, Seattle photo # 19-N-89167, a Bureau of Ships photo now in the collections of the US National Archives RG-19-LCM, courtesy Shipscribe.com.	Robert Hurst
	99k	Port stern quarter view of *USS Kaula* (AG-33)** under way in Puget Sound, 26 July 1945. Naval Air Station, Seattle photo # 19-N-89169, a Bureau of Ships photo now in the collections of the US National Archives RG-19-LCM, courtesy Shipscribe.com.	Robert Hurst
	94k	Starboard bow view of *USS Kaula* (AG-33)** under way in Puget Sound, 26 July 1945. Naval Air Station, Seattle photo # 19-N-89168, a Bureau of Ships photo now in the collections of the US National Archives RG-19-LCM, courtesy Shipscribe.com.	Robert Hurst

USS Kaula (AG-33)
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)

Commanding Officers
01	LCDR. Ware, William Lynch, USN (USNA 1922)	3 January 1941 - 16 August 1941
02	LCDR. Rutt, Burnice Lincoln, USN (USNA 1924)	16 August 1941 - 10 February 1942
03	LCDR. Kanakanui, William Atherton, USN	10 February 1942 - 22 October 1942
04	LCDR. McManus, Eugene Lawrence, USNR	22 October 1942 - 7 October 1943
05	LCDR. Hassel, Edwin, USNR	7 October 1943 - 21 December 1944
06	LT. Lindhout, Donald, R., USNR	21 December 1944 - 14 January 1946


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Crew Contact And Reunion Information
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