USS Mount Baker
![USS Mount Baker](/app/uploads/4806/uss-mount-baker.webp)
Era | Vietnam War |
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Branch | U.S. Navy |
Wall | FF |
Wall Side | 1 |
Row | 3 |
Plaque Number | 9 |
Commissioned USS Kilauea (AE-4) 16 May 1941, Renamed Mount Baker (AE-4) 17 Mar 1943
Decommissioned Jan 1947 - Recommissioned 5 Dec 1951 - Decommissioned 2 Dec 1969
MEDALS-RIBBONS: Navy "E" (3 awards), American Defense Service, American Campaign, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign, World War Il Victory, National Defense Service w/1 Star, Armed Forces Expeditionary, Korean Service w/4 Stars, Vietnam Service w/7 Stars, Korean Presidential Unit Citation, United Nations Service, Vietnam Campaign, Korean War Service
During World War II, USS Kilauea-USS Mount Baker delivered ammunition to ships and bases in both the Atlantic and Pacific Theaters of war. Ship was renamed to avoid confusion with a similarly named ship. During Korea and Vietnam, she again supplied ammunition to the fleet fighting communist aggression.
Dedicated to those who served aboard the "Old Lady of the Sea"
Plaque Wall Map
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