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AD-36 Bryce Canyon

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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:
  • 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
  • Bryce Canyon received one battle star for her service in the Korean War
    Specifications:
    Displacement 8,091 t.(lt)
    Length 492'
    Beam 70'
    Draft 28'
    Speed 18 kts.
    Complement 859
    Armament one single 5"/38 dual purpose gun mount
    Propulsion system unknown
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    Bryce Canyon 66k Bryce Canyon (AD-36) at US Naval Shipyard Charleston, S.C., 11 September 1959.
    US Navy photo    		 Bob Hall
    Bryce Canyon 88k Bryce Canyon (AD-36) underway, date and place unknown.
    US Navy photo    		 Bob Hall
    Bryce Canyon 47k Bryce Canyon (AD-36) underway, date and place unknown.
    US Navy photo from "All Hands" magazine, December 1974.    		 Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
    Bryce Canyon 71k Bryce Canyon (AD-36) 11 September 1959, place unknown.
    US Navy photo    		 Bob Hall
    Bryce Canyon 77k Bryce Canyon (AD-36) underway, date and place unknown. 1960s configuration.
    US Navy photo    		 .
    Bryce Canyon 81k Bryce Canyon (AD-36) at Pearl Harbor, HI, December 1968,
    with Nicholas (DD-449) alongside    		 © Richard Leonhardt
    Bryce Canyon 58k Bryce Canyon (AD-36) and Wiltsie (DD-716) at anchor in the harbor at Hong Kong, BCC, April 1971. Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret.
    Bryce Canyon 99k Bryce Canyon (AD-36)'s crew man the rail as she enters port, date and place unknown.
    US Navy photo.    		 Robert M. Cieri
    Bryce Canyon 97k Bryce Canyon (AD-36)'s crew man the rail as she enters port, date and place unknown.
    ©Marine Photos, San Diego, CA.    		 Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret.
    Bryce Canyon 47k Bryce Canyon (AD-36)'s crew man the rail as she enters port, date and place unknown.
    ©Marine Photos, San Diego, CA.    		 Mike Smolinski
    Bryce Canyon 137k Bryce Canyon (AD-36) Welcome Aboard pamphlet. Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret.
    Bryce Canyon 120k 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.
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