USN · AGP
Jamestown
Photos and infoYacht converted to a motor torpedo boat tender. Pusey and Jones built her in 1928 as Savarona. The Navy commissioned her on 26 May 1941 as PG-55, under Andrew Petrie Lawton, and redesignated her AGP-3 on 13 January 1943. She tended the Tulagi PT boats, including PT-37 and PT-40, and was not in the fight that sank Teruzuki. Later she ran supplies through the Solomons and New Guinea and berthed Squadron 24 at Leyte. Decommissioned 6 March 1946 and sold on 16 December 1946.
| Type | Motor torpedo boat tender (AGP) |
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| Hull | PG-55 |
| Builder | Pusey and Jones, Wilmington |
| Commissioned | 1941-05-26 |
| Fate | Afloat. Commissioned as a gunboat and redesignated the motor torpedo boat tender AGP-3 on 13 January 1943. She tended the Tulagi boats from 22 October 1942 and was not in the night action in which Teruzuki sank. She was not sunk. Decommissioned at San Francisco on 6 March 1946, struck on 20 March 1946, and sold on 16 December 1946. |
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Laid down, displacement, length, beam, draft, speed, and complement are not stored for each hull, so this table leaves them out.
U.S. Navy photo 19-N-70864. The print is lettered USS Jamestown (AGP-3), about 1944. Six 20 mm guns are on deck. This is Measure 31, Design 11P, the camouflage drawn for her in June 1944 during the San Pedro overhaul. Public domain.
The pictures on this page are the originals.
No color version yet. Colored pictures and film will be added here.
Command
Loss of Teruzuki
1942-12-12 · Tulagi tender for the PT boats. Not in the night action.
