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Patch at left contributed by David Huffer (Arcadia 1965-66) at right by Mike Smolinksi

AD-23 Arcadia

Flag Hoist/Radio Call Sign: November - Bravo - Xray - Victor
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
American Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - National Defense Service Medal
Klondike Class Destroyer Tender:
  • Laid down, 6 March 1944, as a Maritime Commission type (C3) hull, under a Maritime Commission contract at Todd-Pacific Shipyards Inc., San Pedro, CA
  • Launched, 19 November 1944
  • Commissioned USS Arcadia (AD-23), 13 September 1945
  • Decommissioned (date unknown)
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 1 July 1973
  • Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 1 August 1974, by the Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service
    Specifications:
    Displacement 8,165 t.(lt) 16,635 t.(fl)
    Length 465'
    Beam 69'
    Draft 27'
    Speed 19.4 kts.
    Complement 826
    Armament one single 5"/38 dual purpose gun mount, four 3"/50 guns, four 40mm guns
    Propulsion Geared Turbine, single screw, 8,500shp
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    Arcadia 70k Arcadia (AD-23), with William M. Wood (DD-715) alongside, date and place unknown. Photo from "Our Navy" magazine, Mid-September 1953. Stanley Svec
    Arcadia 70k Arcadia (AD-23), with destroyers Hawkins (DD-873) and McNair (DD-679) alongside in addition to four minesweepers, date and place unknown.
    US Navy photo from "All Hands" magazine, January 1956 issue     		Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
    Arcadia 79k Arcadia (AD-23), underway date and place unknown.
    US Navy photo from "All Hands" magazine, November 1956 issue     		Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
    Arcadia 58k Arcadia (AD-23) at Suda Bay, Crete, circa 1956 Photo by Larry Bohn
    Arcadia 83k Arcadia (AD-23), underway, circa 1965, place unknown. David Huffer USS Arcadia
    Arcadia 96k Arcadia (AD-23), underway, circa 1965, place unknown. David Huffer USS Arcadia
    Arcadia 49k Arcadia (AD-23), underway with an "Orion" P-3A patrol plane flying overhead, date and place unknown.
    US Navy photo from "All Hands" magazine, December 1966 issue     		Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
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