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USS Teton (AGC-14)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Whiskey - Delta - Oscar NWDO

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1)
Bottom Row - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - Philippines Liberation Medal

Mount McKinley Class Amphibious Force Command Ship:

Laid down, 9 November 1943, as SS Water Witch, a Maritime Commission type (C2-S-AJ1) hull under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 1363) at North Carolina Shipbuilding Co. Wilmington, N.C.

Renamed Teton, 1 February 1944

Launched, 5 February 1944

Acquired by the Navy, 18 October 1944

Commissioned USS Teton (AGC-14), 18 October 1944, at Brooklyn, N.Y., CAPT. Donald R. Tallman in command

During World War II USS Teton was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaign:

Campaign and Dates
Asiatic-Pacific Campaign
Okinawa Gunto operation Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 1 April to 11 June 1945

Following World War II USS Teton was assigned to Occupation service in the Far East from 2 to 26 September 1945

Decommissioned, 30 August 1946, at San Diego, CA.

Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, San Diego, CA.

Struck from the Naval Register, 1 June 1961

USS Teton earned one battle star for World War II service

Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 26 March 1962, to Union Minerals and Alloys Corp., New York, N.Y. (PD-X-614 dated 23 January 1962) for $136,689.89, Removed to NASSCO, Terminal Island, CA. scrapping completed 15 February 1963

Specifications:
Displacement 7,240 t.(lt) 12,690 t.(fl)
Length 459' 2"
Beam 63'
Draft 24'
Speed 16.4 kts (trial)

Complement

Officers 54

Enlisted 579

Largest Boom Capacity 10 t.

Armament

two single 5"/38 cal dual purpose gun mounts

four twin 40mm AA gun mounts

ten twin 20mm AA gun mounts

Fuel Capacities

NSFO 22,650 Bbls

Diesel 710 Bbls

Propulsion

one General Electric geared turbine

two Babcock and Wilcox header-type boilers, 450psi 750°

double General Electric Main Reduction Gears
Ship's Service Generators
four turbo-drive 500Kw 120V/240V D.C.
one Diesel-drive 100Kw 450V A.C.

single propeller, 6,000shp

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By
10011420	319k	*Namesake* Teton - The Teton Range is a mountain range of the Rocky Mountains. It extends for approximately 40 miles in a north–south direction through Wyoming, east of the Idaho state line. It is south of Yellowstone National Park, and most of the east side of the range is within Grand Teton National Park. (Wikipedia) Photo An Ansel Adams photograph "The Tetons and the Snake River (1942) Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming." U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, Records of the National Park Service. (79-AAG-1) (Public Doman)	Tommy Trampp
	79k	*USS Teton* (AGC-14) off Navy Yard Mare Island, Vallejo, CA., 7 January 1945. Teton** was in overhaul at Mare Island from 1 December 1944 until 11 January 1945. US Navy photo # NH 99925 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center.	US Naval History and Heritage Command
	81k	Broadside view of *USS Teton* (AGC-14)** off Navy Yard Mare Island, Vallejo, CA., 7 January 1945. US Navy photo # NH 99926 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center.	US Naval Historical Center
	59k	Bows on view of *USS Teton* (AGC-14)** off Navy Yard Mare Island, Vallejo, CA., 7 January 1945. US Navy photo # NH 99927 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center.	US Naval Historical Center
	58k	Stern view of *USS Teton* (AGC-14)** off Navy Yard Mare Island, Vallejo, CA., 7 January 1945. US Navy photo # NH 99928 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center.	US Naval Historical Center
	86k	Plan view forward of *USS Teton* (AGC-14)** at Navy Yard Mare Island, Vallejo, CA., 11 January 1945. White outlines mark recent alterations to the ship. US Navy photo # NH 99929 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center.	US Naval Historical Center
	126k	*USS Teton* AGC-14) plan view amidships, from off the port side, at the Navy Yard Mare Island, Vallejo, CA., 11 January 1945. White outlines mark recent alterations to the ship. Note modified LCP(L) landing craft on gravity davits forward of Teton*'s bridge. US Navy photo # NH 99930* from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center.	US Naval Historical Center
	90k	Plan view aft of *USS Teton* AGC-14)** taken from off the port quarter at Navy Yard Mare Island, Vallejo, CA., 11 January 1945. White outlines mark recent alterations to the ship. Note mooring line, with rat guard, in the foreground. US Navy photo # NH 99931 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center.	US Naval Historical Center
	83k	*USS Teton* AGC-14)** as the flagship of Rear Admiral John L. Hall during the Okinawa operation. Probably photographed at an anchorage in the Ryukyu Islands, circa spring 1945. US Navy photo # NH 99932 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center.	US Naval Historical Center
	88k	*USS Teton* AGC-14) in Subic Bay, Philippine Islands, 27 July 1945. USS Catskill (LSV-1)** is partially visible in the far right background. Taken from on board an LCM landing craft by PH1 R. Schuddekopf, assigned to Commander, Amphibious Group Twelve. US National Archives photo # 80-G-K-6446 (Color), a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives.	US Naval Historical Center
	24k	*USS Teton* (AGC-14)** "at the pier in Tokyo Sometime between 16 and 25 September 1945. USS Teton was Fifth ship to enter Tokyo Bay and the only large ship to tie up to a pier in Tokyo proper. I took these pictures with a Kodak folding cameras on film that was liberated from the photo compartment on the Teton. It was large reconnaissance film that had to be cut down to fit my, as I recall, 620 size film. In the cutting it became exposed to some light which you can see caused the white portions." Art Panzini	Photo by Art Panzini, USS Teton
	54k	*USS Teton* (AGC-14)** pierside at Tokyo, circa 16 to 25 September 1945	Art Panzini, USS Teton
	26k	*USS Teton* (AGC-14)** pierside at Tokyo, circa 16 to 25 September 1945	Photo By Art Panzini, USS Teton
	23k	Art Panzini on the pier at Tokyo, Japan with *USS Teton* (AGC-14)** in the background, circa 16 to 25 September 1945	Art Panzini, USS Teton
	37k	Art Panzini standing in the *USS Teton* (AGC-14)**'s fire control tower	Art Panzini, USS Teton
	53k	Art Panzini aboard *USS Teton* (AGC-14)** while at sea, date unknown.	Art Panzini, USS Teton
	40k	Art Panzini at his 20mm gun mount aboard USS Teton.	Art Panzini, USS Teton
	70k	*USS Teton* (AGC-14)** moored pierside at the end of the Customs House Pier, Yokohama, 16 September 1945. serving as the communications ship for the Supreme Allied Commander, General Douglas MacArthur	Art Panzini, USS Teton
	377k	Stern view of *USS Teton* (AGC-14)** at Mare Island on January 30, 1946. File name: AGC 14 441-46, Navy Photo, 1/30/46	Darryl Baker
	331k	View of the bow area of *USS Teton* (AGC-14)** at Mare Island on January 30, 1946. File name: AGC 14 443-46, Navy Photo, 1/30/46	Darryl Baker