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AE-21 Suribachi

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons



Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation (2) - Navy "E" Ribbon (2)
Second Row - Navy Expeditionary Medal (5-Lebanon) - National Defense Service Medal - Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (1-Grenada, 1-Libya)
Third Row - Vietnam Service Medal (1) - Southwest Asia Service Medal - Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Suribachi Class Ammunition Ship:
  • Laid down, 31 January 1955, at Bethlehem Steel Shipyard, Inc, Sparrows Point, Baltimore, MD.
  • Launched, 2 November 1955
  • Commissioned, USS Suribachi (AD-21), 17 November 1956
  • Decommissioned, 2 December 1994
  • Laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 12 December 1996
  • Custody transferred to the Maritime Administration (MARAD), 31 March 2000 for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River, Fort Eustis, VA.
    Specifications:
    Displacement 9,758 t.(lt) 15,688 t.(fl)
    Length 512'
    Beam 72'
    Draft 28'
    Speed 20 kts.
    Complement 20 officers, 324 enlisted
    Armament four twin 3"/50 gun mounts
    Propulsions two boilers, steam turbines, single shaft, 16,000shp
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    Suribachi 127k Suribachi (AE-21) underway, circa 1957, place unknown.
    US Navy photo # NH 97245, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center    		 US Naval Historical Center
    Suribachi 76k Suribachi (AE-21) underway off Guantanemo Bay, Cuba, 18 February 1971 © Richard Leonhardt
    Suribachi 137k Suribachi (AE-21) underway, 9 July 1962. Photo by PH2 Tate USN
    US Navy photo # NH 97246 from the collections of the Naval Historical Center    		 US Naval Historical Center
    Suribachi 91k Suribachi (AE-21) underway, circa, mid-1980s, place unknown.
    US Navy photo # NH 97247 from the collections of the Naval Historical Center    		 US Naval Historical Center
    Suribachi 103k Suribachi (AE-21) during mid-Atlantic, underway replenishment of Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72), 30 November 1989
    US Navy photo # NH 97248 from the collections of the Naval Historical Center    		 US Naval Historical Center
    Suribachi 103k Suribachi (AE-21) transiting the Suez Canal, August 1990. Photo by PH3 Frank A Marquart
    US Navy photo # NH 97249-KN from the collections of the Naval Historical Center    		 US Naval Historical Center
    Suribachi 60k Suribachi (AE-21) underway, date and place unknown.
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    Suribachi 55k Suribachi (AE-21) underway, date and place unknown.
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    Suribachi 63k Suribachi (AE-21) underway, date and place unknown.
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    Suribachi 65k Suribachi (AE-21) underway, date and place unknown.
    ©Atlantic Fleet Sales, Norfolk, VA.    		 Mike Smolinski
    Suribachi 101k Suribachi (AE-21) underway, date and place unknown.
    US Navy photo    		 Wendell Royce McLaughlin Jr
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