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USS Acadia (AD-42)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - November - Zulu - Alpha
 NNZA
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons



Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Navy Unit Commendation Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation - Navy Battle "E" Ribbons (5)
Second Row - Navy Expeditionary Medal (1-Persian Gulf) - National Defense Service Medal - Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (2-Persian Gulf, 1-Operation Restore Hope, Somalia)
Third Row - Southwest Asia Service Medal (2) - Sea Service Deployment Ribbon - Kuwait Liberation Medal (Kuwait)
Yellowstone Class Destroyer Tender:
  • Laid down, 14 February 1978, at National Steel and Shipbuilding, San Diego, CA.
  • Launched, 28 July 1979
  • Commissioned USS Acadia (AD-42), 6 June 1981, CAPT. Brenton P. Hardy in command
  • Decommissioned, 16 December 1994
  • Laid up at the Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility, Pearl Harbor HI.
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 13 December 2007
  • Final Disposition, sunk as a target off Guam, 19-20 September 2010
    Specifications:
    Displacement 13,526 t.(lt) 21,916 t.(fl)
    Length 643'
    Beam 85'
    Draft 25'
    Speed 20 kts.
    Complement 1,500
    Armament one single 5"/38 dual purpose gun mount
    Propulsion two boilers, steam turbines, one shaft, 20,000 shaft horsepower
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    Acadia 55k USS Acadia (AD-42) laid up at NISMF Pearl Harbor, 1 August 2000 Photo by Jim Bedient
    Acadia 62k USS Acadia (AD-42) laid up at NISMF Pearl Harbor, 1 August 2000 Photo by Jim Bedient
    Acadia 74k Ex-USS Acadia (AD-42) is the target during a sinkex off the coast of Guam during exercise Valent Shield, 20 September 2010.
    Photo from USS Arcadia web site.         		Mike Hibbard
    Acadia 87k
    Acadia 104k
    Acadia 577k Ex-USS Acadia (AD-42) lies on her starboard side off the coast of Guam as a guided bomb detonates against the hull during a day-long bombardment of ordnance delivered from Naval aircraft and ships during exercise Valiant Shield.
    US Navy photo # 100920-N-6720T-182 PACIFIC OCEAN (Sept. 20, 2010) by MC Adam K. Thomas.    		 Mike Hibbard
    Acadia 1137k Ex-USS Acadia (AD-42) floats capsized off the coast of Guam as an HH-60H Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to the Chargers of Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron (HS-14) prepares to fire a MK-46 Mod 5A (S) Anti-Submarine Warfare torpedo at the ship. The sinking of Acadia is part of a day-long bombardment of ordnance delivered from Naval aircraft and ships during exercise Valiant Shield.
    US Navy photo # 100920-N-6720T-214 PACIFIC OCEAN (Sept. 20, 2010) by MC Adam K. Thomas.    		 Mike Hibbard

    For more photos and information about USS Arcadia, see;
  • Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships
  • Welcome Aboard Pamphlet
  • Decommissioning Program
  • Commanding Officers
    • Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
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    Last Updated 25 February 2011