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USS Bridge (AF-1)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Echo - Sierra - Foxtrot
 NESF
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons



Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - China Service Medal
Second Row - World War I Victory Medal - American Defense Medal - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Medal
Bridge Class Stores Ship:
  • Laid down (date unknown) at Boston Navy Yard, Boston, MA.
  • Launched, 18 May 1916
  • Commissioned USS Bridge, 2 June 1917, LCDR. W. K. Riddle in command
  • Designated Stores Ship (AF-1), 17 July 1920
  • During World War II Bridge was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaign:
  • Decommissioned, 27 June 1946, at Sasebo, Japan and turned over to the State Department, Foreign Liquidation Commission for disposal
  • Final disposition, sold for scrap and towed to Manila, P.I., 22 December 1947
  • USS Bridge received one battle star for her World War II service
    Specifications:
    Displacement 5207 tons (Displacement rose in 1945 to 9,500 tons)
    Length 422'11"
    Beam 55'3"
    Draft 20'8"
    Speed 14 kts.
    Complement 23 officers, 189 Enlisted
    Complement 1945 21 officers and 261 enlisted
    Armament, four 5"/51s, one 3" AA
    Armament August 1942 - two original 5"/51s aft, original 3" AA, a quadruple 1.1" mount forward, and eight single 20-mm Oerlikons for AA defense,
    Armament February 1945 - included a twin 40-mm Bofors which replaced the 1.1" mount forward, and one 5"/38 dual purpose mount aft, which replaced the original two 5"/51s
    Propulsion system unknown, single propeller
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    Bridge 42k USS Bridge (AF-1) at anchor, location unknown, 27 December 1918
    US Navy photo    		 USS Bridge (AOE-10) web site
    Bridge 15k USS Bridge (AF-1) at anchor, location unknown in January 1920
    US Navy photo    		 USS Bridge (AOE-10) web site
    ARD-4 67k USS Bridge (AF-1) with ARD-1 under tow in Colon Harbor, Panama Canal Zone, 28 October 1934.
    US National Archives photo # 80-G-455970, a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives.    		 Michael Mohl
    Bridge 50k USS Bridge (AF-1) underway, circa, 1936, location unknown.
    US Navy photo.    		 Robert Hurst
    Bridge 46k USS Bridge (AF-1) underway, 8 August 1942, location unknown.
    US Navy photo.    		 Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
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    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S.Navy Memorial Foundation
    Fleet Reserve Association
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