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USS Hewell AG-145 ex AKL-14
Camano Class Light Cargo Ship: Laid down at United States Concrete Pipe Corp., Los Angeles, CA.; Launched, 1944; Operated by the US Army as FS-391; Acquired by the Navy, 2 February 1948; Commissioned a Miscellaneous Auxiliary USS Hewell (AG-145), 5 June 1948; Reclassified a Light Cargo Ship, (AKL-14), June 1949; Decommissioned, 15 March 1955, at Astoria, OR.; Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, Columbia River Group, Astoria; Struck 1 November 1959; Final Disposition, sold, 2 June 1960, to Steve Pickard, fate unknown. Hewell received seven battle stars for Korean service.
Specifications: Displacement 515 t.(lt); Length 177'; Beam 33': Draft 10'; Speed 13kts; Complement 52; Armament two .50 cal. machine guns; Propulsion, two 500hp GE diesel engines, twin screws.
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Hewell
An island off the coast of Maine.
(AG-145: dp. 515; l. 177'; b. 33'; dr. 10'; s. 13 k.; cpl. 52; a 2 50 cal. mg.; cl. Camano)
Hewell (AG-145) was launched in 1944 by United States Concrete Pipe Corp., Los Angeles, Calif.; served the United States Army as FS-391; acquired by the Navy 2 February 1948, and commissioned 5 June 1948, Lt. (j.g.) J. W. Hinkleman in command.
Hewell's shakedown took her through then Pacific to Guam, Midway, and Saipan. As part of the Service Force, Pacific. Hewell operated in support of America's far-flung Asian defenses. Reclassified AKL-14 in June 1949 she continued her duties of transporting cargo through the vast pacific areas covered by the U.S. Navy. when Communist troops began their onslaught on the Korean peninsula in June 1950, Hewell shifted her base of operations to Japan. Shuttle trips to the Korean coast kept American and Allied units, both naval and land, supplied with stores and ammunition. Overhaul at Pearl Harbor and tactical training designed to keep Hewell in a state of readiness varied her duties out of Japan.
With the end of hostilities in Korea in August 1953, Hewell continued to make frequent supply voyages from Japan to occupying troops until June 1954, when she made a final swing through the Pacific Island bases. Hewell departed Hawaii for home in mid-October 1954, remaining at Astoria, Oreg., until she decommissioned there 15 March 1955 and joined the Pacific Reserve Fleet. Hewell remained there until 1 November 1959 when her name was stricken from the Navy List and sold to Steve Pickard 2 June 1960.
Hewell received seven battle stars for Korean service.
Transcribed by Richard H. Bouchard.
http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/auxil/ag145.htm The Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships
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The U.S.S. Reluctant has set sail on her final voyage. The U.S.S. Hewell was the actual 250-ton cargo ship at the naval base at Midway, which doubled for the U.S.S. Reluctant used to film MISTER ROBERTS. Henry Fonda was Lieutenant (jg) Doug Roberts or just known as beloved Mister Roberts to his crew. Mister Roberts was a man of dignity and honor who just wanted to do his part in the war. Instead Mister Roberts is rendered impotent on the U.S.S. Reluctant commanded by a hot-tempered, eccentric basically uneducated Captain brilliantly played by James Cagney. The script under the tenure of director John Ford mixed his usual comic military camaraderie with the despair of the sailors stuck in remote out of action sea-lanes and ports during World War II in the South Pacific.
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