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USS Isle Royale (AD-29)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Whiskey - Charlie - Hotel
 NWCH
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
Top Row - National Defense Service Medal Vietnam Service Medal (1)
Shanandoah Class Destroyer Tender:
  • Laid down, (date unknown,, as a Maritime Commission (C3) hull), under a Maritime Commission contract at Todd-Pacific Shipyards Inc., Seattle, WA.
  • Launched, 19 September 1945
  • Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, Long Beach as headquarters for the Long Beach Group of the Pacific Reserve Fleet
  • Commissioned USS Isle Royale (AD-29), 9 June 1962
  • During the Vietnam War Isle Royal (AD-29) participated in the following campaign:
    Vietnam War
    Campaign and Dates
    Vietnam Counteroffensive
    9 January to 1 February 1967
  • Decommissioned, 11 March 1970
  • Custody transferred to the Maritime Administration (MARAD), 1 September 1971, for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay, Benecia, CA.
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 15 September 1976
  • Permanent Title transferred to MARAD, 21 December 1977
  • Withdrawn from Reserve and transferred to US Navy for stripping, 29 April 1977
  • Final Disposition, sold by MARAD, 21 December 1977, for non-transportation use to Waterman Supply Co. for $100,000.00, Physically delivered at Pearl Harbor, 18 January 1978, resold by Waterman Supply to International steel Co. for scrapping
  • USS Isle Royale earned one campaign star for Vietnam War service
    Specifications:
    Displacement 8,165 t.(lt) 16,900 t.(fl)
    Length 492'
    Beam 69' 6"
    Draft 27' 6" (lim)
    Speed 18.5 kts (trial).
    Complement
    Officers 59
    Enlisted 918
    Largest Boom Capacity 30 t.
    Armament
    two single 5"/38 cal dual purpose gun mounts
    four twin 40mm AA gun mounts
    Fuel Capacities
    NSFO 16,105Bbls
    Diesel 4,415Bbls
    Propulsion
    one Westinghouse geared turbine
    two Foster & Wheeler D-type boilers, 435psi 740°
    double Westinghouse Main Reduction Gears
    Ships Service Generators
    four turbo-drive 750Kw 450V A.C.
    two turbo-drive 300Kw 120V/240V D.C.
    single propeller, 8,500shp
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    Isle Royale 98k PCU Isle Royale (AD-29), underway in Puget Sound near Todd Pacific Shipyards Inc., 21 March 1946. She appears to be backing down during machinery trials. The ship was completed in 1946 but was not commissioned until 1962.US National Archives, RG-19-LCM, photo # 19-N-93750, a US Navy Bureau of Ships photo, taken by Todd Pacific Shipyards, now in the collections of the US National Archives. Robert Hurst
    Isle Royale 125k USS Isle Royale (AD-29) in the Pear Harbor channel passing the Arizona memorial in June 1963. Helicopter and additional repair facilities have been added on the stern in place of one 5"/38 gun.US Navy photo # KN 55116, from the collections of the US Naval History and Heritage Command. Robert Hurst
    Isle Royale 90k USS Isle Royale (AD-29) at Pearl Harbor, HI. in April 1969. © Richard Leonhardt
    Isle Royale 97k USS Isle Royale (AD-29) at Pearl Harbor, HI. in May 1968. © Richard Leonhardt
    Isle Royale 28k USS Isle Royal (AD-29) with USS Eversole (DD-789) alongside at San Diego, CA., circa 1960s.
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    Isle Royale 70k USS Isle Royal (AD-29) moored, probably at Naval Station San Diego, CA., in 1968 with three destroyers alongside and USS O'Brien (DD-725) at the next pier. Photo by Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret.

    For more photos and information about USS Isle Royale, see;
  • Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships
  • Commanding Officers
  • USS Isle Royale AD29
    • Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
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