Artemis Class Attack Cargo Ship: Laid
Down (date unknown) as a Maritime Commission type (S4-SE2-BE1) hull,
under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 1895) at Welsh-Kaiser Co.
Providence, RI; Launched, 5 January 1945; Commissioned USS Pamina (AKA-34), 10 February
1945; Reclassified a Survey Ship and renamed, USS Tanner (AGS-15), 15 May 1946;
Decommissioned 14 July 1969; Struck from the Naval Register, 1
August
1969; Returned to the Maritime Administration; Final Disposition,
scrapped in 1970.
For
Tanner Re-Union Information Contact Mr. George Gregorowicz
usstannerags15@yahoo.com
PHOTO'S FROM 1959 TO
1962 USS TANNER AGS-15 CRUISE BOOKS FROM JIM HINKLE