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AD-29 Isle Royale

Flag Hoist/Radio Call Sign: November - Whiskey - Charlie - Hotel
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
National Defense Service Medal - Vietnam Service Medal (1) - Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
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 (date unknown)
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 15 September 1976
  • Custody transferred to the Maritime Administration, for disposal
  • Final Disposition, sold by MARAD 1 December 1977, fate unknown
  • Isle Royale earned one campaign star for Vietnam War service
    Specifications:
    Displacement 8,165 t.(lt)
    Length 492'
    Beam 69' 6"
    Draft 27' 3"
    Speed 19 kts.
    Complement 977
    Armament one single 5"/38 dual purpose gun mount, four 3"/50 guns
    Propulsion geared turbine, single shaft, 8,500shp
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    Isle Royale 71k Isle Royale (AD-29) underway, circa 1963, place unknown. Hyperwar US Navy in WWII
    Isle Royale 90k Isle Royale (AD-29) at Pearl Harbor, HI, April 1969 © Richard Leonhardt
    Isle Royale 97k Isle Royale (AD-29) at Pearl Harbor, HI, May 1968 © Richard Leonhardt
    Isle Royale 28k Isle Royal (AD-29) with Eversole (DD-789) alongside at San Diego, CA., circa 1960s
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