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NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive

Contributed by Mike Smolinski

USS Bryce Canyon (AD-36)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Bravo - Kilo - Zulu NBKZ

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Navy Battle "E" Ribbon (2) - National Defense Service Medal
Bottom Row - Korean Service Medal (1) - United Nations Service Medal - Republic of Korea War Service Medal (retroactive)

Shanandoah Class Destroyer Tender:

Laid down (date unknown) at Charleston Navy Yard, Charleston, S.C. (the last ship to be built by the yard)

Launched, 7 March 1946

Commissioned USS Bryce Canyon (AD-36), 15 September 1950, CAPT. M. H. Gerin in command

During the Korean War Bryce Canyon participated in the following campaign:

**Korean War Campaign**
Campaign and Dates
Korean Defense Summer-Fall 1952, 11 and 12 September 1952

Decommissioned, 30 June 1981, at Naval Station Pearl Harbor, HI.

Struck from the Naval Register, 30 June 1981

Custody transferred to the Maritime Administration, for disposal

Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, to National Metal & Steel, Terminal Island, CA., 6 April 1982

USS Bryce Canyon received one battle star for her service in the Korean War

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 Gear

Ships Service Generators

four turbo-drive 750Kw 450V A.C.

two turbo-drive 300Kw 120V/240V D.C.

single propeller, 8,500shp

Size	Image Description	Contributed By
66k	*USS Bryce Canyon* (AD-36)** at US Naval Shipyard Charleston, S.C., 11 September 1959. US Navy photo	Bob Hall
88k	*USS Bryce Canyon* (AD-36)** underway, date and location unknown. US Navy photo	Bob Hall
47k	*USS Bryce Canyon* (AD-36)** underway, date and location unknown. US Navy photo from "All Hands" magazine, December 1974.	Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
71k	*USS Bryce Canyon* (AD-36)** 11 September 1959, location unknown. US Navy photo	Bob Hall
77k	*USS Bryce Canyon* (AD-36)** underway, date and location unknown. 1960s configuration. US Navy photo	.
81k	*USS Bryce Canyon* (AD-36)** at Pearl Harbor, HI, December 1968, with Nicholas (DD-449) alongside	© Richard Leonhardt
58k	*USS Bryce Canyon* (AD-36) and USS Wiltsie (DD-716)** at anchor in the harbor at Hong Kong, BCC, April 1971.	Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret.
99k	*USS Bryce Canyon* (AD-36)**'s crew man the rail as she enters port, date and location unknown. US Navy photo.	Robert M. Cieri
97k	*USS Bryce Canyon* (AD-36)**'s crew man the rail as she enters port, date and location unknown. ©Marine Photos, San Diego, CA.	Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret.
47k	*USS Bryce Canyon* (AD-36)**'s crew man the rail as she enters port, date and location unknown. ©Marine Photos, San Diego, CA.	Mike Smolinski
137k	*USS Bryce Canyon* (AD-36)** Welcome Aboard pamphlet.	Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret.
363k	*USS Bryce Canyon* (AD-36)** moored at Naval Station Pearl Harbor, HI., October 1979.	Photo by Gerhard Mueller-Debus
120k	*USS Bryce Canyon* (AD-36)** being moved after decommissioning by Neodesha (YTB-815), probably at Naval Station Pearl Harbor, HI., after 30 June 1981. US Navy photo from "All Hands" magazine, December 1981.	Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.