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USS Camanga (AG-42)
ex
USS Point Bonita (ID#3496) (1918 - 1919)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Uniform - Yankee - Juliet
NUYJ

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

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

Cargo Ship / Camanga Class Miscellaneous Auxiliary:

Built in 1918, at Albina Engine and Machine Works, Portland, OR.

Launched, 27 March 1918

Completed in June 1918 and requisitioned by the United States Shipping Board (USSB), assigned the Identification Number (ID-3496)

Acquired by the Navy, 7 October 1918

Commissioned USS Point Bonita, 7 October 1918, LCDR. P. J. Hansen, USNRF, in command

Decommissioned, 7 April 1919, at New York and returned to the USSB

Sold in 1920 to the Pacific Mail Steamship Co.

Sold in 1924 to Hammond Lumber Co., entered in the steam schooner trade under the name SS San Pedro

Reacquired by the Navy as SS Oliver Olson, 25 April 1942, at Honolulu, T.H. from the Oliver J. Olson & Co.

Commissioned, USS Camanga (AG-42), 25 April 1942, LT. R. M. Baughman, USNR, in command

Decommissioned, 10 December 1945, at San Francisco, CA.

Struck from the Naval Register, 3 January 1946

Returned to the Maritime Commission, the same day for disposal

Post-War Merchant Service

Reacquired by the Oliver J. Olson Steamship Co.name reverted to SS Oliver Olson

Final Disposition, 30 November 30, 1953, ran aground leaving the Coquille River at Bandon, Oregon. The ship was partially salvaged before the hull was filled with rocks and became an integral part of the jetty

Specifications:
Displacement 2,671 t.(lt) 5,200 t.(fl)
Length 300'
Beam 44'
Draft 18' 3" (lim)
Speed 9 kts.

Complement

Officers 7

Enlisted 53

Largest Boom Capacity 5 t.

Armament

two single 3"/50 dual purpose gun mounts

four single 20mm AA gun mounts

Fuel Capacity NSFO 3,165 Bbls

Propulsion

one Ellincott vertical triple-expansion reciprocating steam engine

two Scotch boilers, 180psi Sat.
Ship's Service Generators
two recip-drive 15Kw 120V D.C.
one Diesel-drive 30Kw 120V D.C.

single propeller, 1,600shp

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Source
SS Point Bonita - (USSB)
	80k	SS Point Bonita on a trial run, 22 June 1918, off Albina Engine & Machine Works, Portland, OR. US Navy photo # NH 65124 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center.	Robert Hurst
	57k	SS Point Bonita photographed around the time of her inspection by the Third Naval District on 7 October 1918. US Navy photo # NH 100565 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center.	Robert Hurst
USS Point Bonita ID#3496)
094904212	809k	USS Point Bonita moored pierside, date and location.	John Milewski
USS Camanga (AG-42)
	76k	*USS Camanga* (AG-42)** at San Francisco, 30 May 1943. Mare Island Navy Yard photo # AG 42 4024-43 dated 5/30/43.	Darryl Baker
	47k	Stern view of *USS Camanga* (AG-42)** underway off San Francisco, 30 May 1943. The San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge is in the background. Mare Island Navy Yard photo # AG 42 4046-43 dated 5/30/43.	Darryl Baker
	63k	Broad side view of *USS Camanga* (AG-42)** underway off San Francisco, 30 May 1943. Mare Island Navy Yard photo # AG 42 4049-43 dated 5/30/43.	Darryl Baker
	71k	Broad side view of *USS Camanga* (AG-42) underway off San Francisco, 30 May 1943. During her merchant service she was converted to a lumber schooner with four tall masts and a shortened shelter deck. USS Majaba (AG-43)*, U.S. National Archives (RG-19-LCM), Photo No. 19-N-48744*	Darryl Baker
	107k	*USS Camanga* (AG-42)** underway off San Francisco, 30 May 1943, after completion of an overhaul. During her merchant service she was converted to a lumber schooner with four tall masts and a shortened shelter deck. US National Archives, RG-19-LCM, photo # 9-N-48746, a US Navy Bureau of Ships photo now in the collections of the US National Archives, courtesy Shipscribe.com.	Robert Hurst
	51k	Bow on view of *USS Camanga* (AG-42)** underway off San Francisco, 30 May 1943. Mare Island Navy Yard photo # AG 42 4030-43 dated 5/30/43.	Darryl Baker
	47k	*USS Camanga* (AG-42)** underway, date and location unknown.	George Murray
094904211	47k	Wreck of SS Oliver Olson (Ex-USS Camanga) at Bandon, OR., South Jetty, sprint 1954. Photo by Howard O. Wahlen, courtesy of the ©Wahlen Family Archive.	Robert Hurst

USS Point Bonita (ID-3496) and USS Camanga (AG-42)
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)

Commanding Officers
01	LCDR. Hansen, Peter Johannes USNRF	7 October 1918 - 7 April 1919	Point Bonita
	Decommissioned/Sold	7 April 1919 - 25 April 1942
01	LT. Baughman, Robert Martin USNR	25 April 1942 - 3 June 1942	Camanga
03	LCDR. Baldwin, James William	3 June 1942 - 3 September 1943	Camanga
04	LCDR. Oates, Russell Peter	3 September 1943 - 11 December 1943	Camanga
05	LT. Thomas, Daniel Williams	11 December 1943 - 11 August 1944	Camanga
02	LT. Muller Jr., Frederick Adolph	11 August 1944 - 1 December 1945	Camanga
06	LT. Esperanza, Walter	1 December 1945 - 10 December 1945	Camanga


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USS Camanga (AG-42)ex USS Point Bonita (ID#3496) (1918 - 1919)

USS Camanga (AG-42)
ex
USS Point Bonita (ID#3496) (1918 - 1919)