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AG-34 / AR-10 / AD-34 Alcor

Flag Hoist/International Radio Call Sign: November - Whiskey - Delta - Alpha
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Defense Service Medal (with Fleet clasp) - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal
Second Row - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - Philippines Liberation Medal
  • Built in 1928 as SS Dixie at Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Kearny, N.J.
  • Acquired by the US Navy, 3 March 1941, from Southern Pacific Steamship lines (Morgan Line)
  • Converted for Naval Service at Bethlehem Steel, Key Highway Plant, Baltimore, MD.
  • Commissioned as the Miscellaneous Auxiliary USS Alcor (AG-34), 4 September 1941, CDR. Edward A. Mitchell in command
  • Reclassified as a Repair Ship and designated (AR-10), 22 December 1941
  • Reclassified as a Destroyer Tender and designated (AD-34), 6 November 1944
  • Decommissioned, 5 August 1946
  • Sold, 6 August 1946
  • Struck from the Naval Register 28 August 1946
  • Final Disposition, scrapped in 1950
    Specifications:
    Displacement 12,250 t.
    Length 445'
    Beam 60'
    Draft 25' 8"
    Speed 16.5 kts.
    Complement 734
    Armament
    four single 3"/50 dual purpose gun mounts
    two single 40mm AA gun mounts
    eight single 20mm AA gun mounts
    Propulsion system unknown
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    USS Alcor (AG-34)
    Alcor 49k Alcor (AG-34) prior to conversion, being moved into her berth at Bethlehem Steel, Key Highway Plant, Baltimore, MD, date unknown.
    US Navy photo from ONI 45-A (unclassified)    		 Stan Svec
    USS Alcor (AD-34)
    Alcor 64k Alcor (AD-34) underway, date and location unknown. Hyperwar US Navy in WWII
    Alcor 52k Alcor (AD-34) underway, date and location unknown. Russ Padden
    Alcor 38k Alcor (AD-34) moored pierside, NavSta Pearl Harbor, HI., date unknown. Joseph M. Connell
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    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center web site
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S.Navy Memorial Foundation
    Fleet Reserve Association
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
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