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Patch at left contributed by Mike Smolinksi, at right by Robert M. Cieri

USS Grand Canyon (AR-28)
ex
 USS Grand Canyon (AD-28) (1946 - 1971)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Whiskey - Charlie - Foxtrot
 NWCF
Voice Call Sign - "Fireworks India"
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Navy Battle "E" ribbon
Bottom Row - World War II Victory Medal - National Defense Service Medal - Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (1-Cuba)
Shenandoah Class Destroyer Tender:
  • Laid down, 16 November 1944, as a Maritime Commission type (C3) hull, under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 206) at Todd-Pacific Shipyards Inc., Tacoma, WA.
  • Launched, 27 April 1945
  • Delivered to the Navy, 8 May 1945
  • Commissioned USS Grand Canyon (AD-28), 6 April 1946, Captain W. D. Hoover in command
  • Reclassified Repair Ship (AR-28), 11 March 1971
  • Decommissioned and struck from the Naval Register 1 September 1978
  • Transferred to the Maritime Administration for disposal
  • Final Disposition, sold for scrapping in June 1980 to Union Minerals and Alloy Corp., New York, N.Y.
    Specifications:
    Displacement 11,755 t.(lt) 16,880 t.(fl)
    Length 492'
    Beam 69' 6"
    Draft 28'
    Speed 18 kts.
    Complement 962
    Armament
    two single 5"/38 dual purpose gun mounts
    eight 40mm AA gun mounts
    twelve 20mm AA gun mounts
    Propulsion geared turbine, single shaft, 8,500shp
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    USS Grand Canyon (AD-28)
    Yellowstone 85k USS Grand Canyon (AD-28) moored in the Mediterranean with USS Yellowstone (AD-27) outboard, circa late 1940s Rick Rowan
    Photo by Bill Wozniak USS Yellowstone
    Grand Canyon 82k USS Grand Canyon (AD-28) moored at Naples, Italy, December 1947. Penny Peak in honor of her father Adrian Edward Peak, Cox. USS Grand Canyon
    Grand Canyon 47k USS Grand Canyon (AD-28), at La Spetzia, Italy, October 1954, with USS Harwood (DD-861), USS Dashiell (DD-659), USS Rooks (DD-804) and USS Corry (DD-817) alongside. Photo by Larry Bohn
    Grand Canyon 73k USS Grand Canyon (AD-28), moored to a buoy, date and place unknown. Photo from "Our Navy" Magazine, 15 August 1956. Stanley Svec
    Grand Canyon 98k USS Grand Canyon (AD-28), at Newport R.I. in 1966 with five destroyers alongside. Destroyers moored alongside include USS Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. (DD-850), USS William R. Rush (DD-714), USS Harlan R. Dickson (DD-708), and two unidentified ships. © Richard Leonhardt
    Grand Canyon 77k USS Grand Canyon (AD-28) underway in the Mediterranean Sea, circa 1964.
    US Navy photo.    		 Robert M. Cieri in honor of his father HTC Anthony J. Cieri, Jr. USN USS Grand Canyon, R Div., 21 July 1965 to 1 February 1967
    Grand Canyon 108k USS Grand Canyon (AD-28) "Med-moored" at Naples, Italy, April 1967.
    US Navy photo.    108    		 Robert M. Cieri in honor of his father HTC Anthony J. Cieri, Jr. USN USS Grand Canyon, R Div., 21 July 1965 to 1 February 1967
    Grand Canyon 51k USS Grand Canyon (AD-28), at Naples, Italy. Photo was taken from USS Yellowstone (AD-27) in 1969. Yellowstone was arriving to relieve Grand Canyon. Photo by Mike Winiarczyk
    Grand Canyon 35k USS Grand Canyon (AD-28) at Naples, Italy. Photo was taken from USS Yellowstone (AD-27) in 1969. Yellowstone was arriving to relieve Grand Canyon. Photo by Mike Winiarczyk
    Grand Canyon 95k USS Grand Canyon (AD-28) underway in Narragansett Bay, R.I., outbound for the Mediterranean Sea, 24 March 1971.
    US Navy photo.    		 Robert M. Cieri in honor of his father HTC Anthony J. Cieri, Jr. USN USS Grand Canyon, R Div., 21 July 1965 to 1 February 1967
    Grand Canyon 133k USS Grand Canyon (AD-28) plaque cast in the ships foundry from a 5" brass shell casing in 1975 Scott Thomson
    USS Grand Canyon (AR-28)
    Grand Canyon 76k USS Grand Canyon (AR-28) homeward bound after completing a Mediterranean deployment, 1973.
    US Navy photo.    		 Robert M. Cieri in honor of his father HTC Anthony J. Cieri, Jr. USN USS Grand Canyon, R Div., 21 July 1965 to 1 February 1967
    Welcome Aboard & Decommissioning Pamphlet Covers
    Grand Canyon
    Welcome Aboard 1964
    Contributed by Robert M. Cieri    		 Grand Canyon
    Welcome Aboard circa 1971
    Contributed by Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret.    		 Grand Canyon
    Welcome Aboard 1976
    Contributed by Robert M. Cieri    		 Grand Canyon
    Decommissioning 1978
    Contributed by Robert M. Cieri
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