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Contributed by Mike Smolinski

AD-25 Frontier

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



Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal
Second Row - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - National Defense Service Medal
Third Row - Korean Service Medal - United Nations Service Medal - Republic of Korea War Service Medal (retroactive)
Klondike Class Destroyer Tender:
  • Laid down, (date unknown), under a Maritime Commission contract at Todd Shipyards Inc., San Pedro, CA.
  • Launched, 25 March 1945
  • Commissioned USS Frontier (AD-25), 2 March 1946, CAPT. J. S. Crenshaw, in command
  • Decommissioned, 29 September 1947
  • Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet
  • Recommissioned, 11 November 1951, CAPT. E. B. Patterson, in command
  • Decommissioned, 28 June 1968, at Naval Station, San Diego, CA.
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 1 December 1972
  • Transferred to the Maritime Administration for disposal
  • Final Disposition, sold by MARAD, 1 July 1974, fate unknown
    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 dual purpose gun mounts
    four single 40mm gun mounts
    Propulsion geared turbines, 8,500shp
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    Frontier 108k Frontier (AD-25) moored to a buoy at Yokosuka, Japan, circa July to December 1955, with;
    Chevalier (DD-805),
    Hamner (DD-718),
    Theodore E. Chandler (DD-717) and
    Wiltsie (DD-716) alongside.
    US Navy photo    		 Phil Updike
    Frontier 79k Frontier (AD-25) moored in the outer harbor at Yokosuka in the fall of 1952. DesDiv 132 was nested in the outer harbor at the time. Photo was taken from
    O'Brien (DD-725), others in the nest were
    Brown (DD-546) (in foreground),
    Walke (DD-723) and
    Harry E. Hubbard (DD-748).    		 Photo by Roy C. Thomas SO1 USN USS O'Brien
    Frontier 81k Frontier (AD-25) anchored at San Diego.
    US Navy photo from "All Hands" magazine, March 1954 issue    		 Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
    Frontier 69k Frontier (AD-25) anchored at San Diego with destroyers to port.
    US Navy photo from "All Hands" magazine, January 1956 issue    		 Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
    Frontier 180k Frontier (AD-25) at pier Bravo, Buckner Bay, Okinawa, January 1960. Secured to her starboard side are two unidentified submarines, and the destroyers,
    Cushing (DD-797),
    Ammen (DD-527),
    Jarvis (DD-799) and
    Trathen (DD-530).
    Wilkinson (DL-5) and the four destroyers of DESDIV 252,
    Walker (DDE-517),
    O'Bannon (DDE-450),
    Taylor (DDE-468), and, although obscured,
    Jenkins (DDE-447), are secured to the opposite side of the pier.
    US Navy photo    		 Mike Smolinski
    Frontier 90k Frontier (AD-25) with destroyers of DESRON 19 alongside, at Long Beach, CA., date unknown.
    US Navy photo from "All Hands" magazine, September 1960 issue    		 Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
    Frontier 90k Frontier (AD-25) underway, date and place unknown.
    US Navy photo from "All Hands" magazine, March 1964 issue    		 Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
    Frontier 111k Frontier (AD-25) arriving at Hilo on the Big Island of Hawaii, date and unknown.
    US Navy photo from "All Hands" magazine, January 1969 issue    		 Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
    Frontier 133k Frontier (AD-25) in dry dock, date and place unknown.
    US Navy photo from "All Hands" magazine, March 1965 issue    		 Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
    Frontier 95k Frontier (AD-25) underway, at Pearl Harbor, date unknown.
    US Navy photo from All Hands magazine, January 1966.    		 Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret
    Frontier 106k Frontier (AD-25) at Pearl Harbor, HI, 12 February 1966 with Cochrane (DDG-21)
    Savage (DER-386) and
    Haverfield (DER-393) alongside.    		 © Richard Leonhardt
    Frontier 86k Invitation to Decommissioning Ceremony of Frontier (AD-25), 28 June 1968, at Naval Station, San Diego, CA. John Jeffrey
    Frontier 303k Frontier (AD-25) decommissioning ceremony program, front and back pages. John Jeffrey
    Frontier 446k Frontier (AD-25) decommissioning ceremony program, inside pages John Jeffrey
    Frontier 60k Frontier (AD-25) builders plaque Phil Updike
    View the Frontier (AD-25)
    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S.Navy Memorial Foundation
    Fleet Reserve Association
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