- USS Coasters Harbor (AG-74)
USS "Coasters Harbor" (AG-74) was a "Basilan"-class
miscellaneous auxiliary acquired by theU.S. Navy duringWorld War II . She was configured as a repair ship and sent to thePacific Ocean just as the war ended. She was retained to participate inatomic testing atBikini Atoll .Constructed in Portland, Maine
"Coasters Harbor" was launched
17 November 1944 byNew England Shipbuilding Corporation , SouthPortland, Maine , under aU.S. Maritime Commission contract; sponsored by Mrs. M. M. Naples; transferred to the Navy26 November 1944 ; commissioned the same day, ferried toTodd Shipbuilding Company ,Brooklyn, New York ; decommissioned30 November 1944 for conversion to an electronics repair ship; and was recommissioned29 July 1945 , Commander T. H. Mover,USNR , in command.World War II-related service
Sailing from
Norfolk, Virginia ,29 August , "Coasters Harbor" reachedSan Diego, California ,19 September and Sasebo, Japan,31 October . She remained there servicing vessels of the occupation force until5 March 1946 .Atomic testing at Bikini Atoll
"Coasters Harbor" sailed westward to take part in
Operation Crossroads . Following the atomic weapons tests "Coasters Harbor" returned to theU.S. West Coast , arriving atSan Pedro, California ,14 September .Post-war decommissioning
She was placed out of commission in reserve at
San Diego, California ,3 July 1947 . She was redesignated "AKS-22",18 August 1951 and stricken from theNavy List on1 April 1960 .See also
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* [http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/49/49074.htm NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive - USS Coasters Harbor (AG-74)]
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