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AF-19 Roamer

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
Bridge Class Stores Ship:
  • Built in 1935 as M/V Roamer by Maskinbygger Machine & Iron Works, Elsinore, Denmark
  • Acquired by the United States after the fall of Denmark and operated by the War Shipping Administration in the Caribbean and South Pacific
  • Acquired by the US Navy from the Maritime Commission, 22 July 1942
  • Commissioned, USS Roamer (AF-19), 30 August 1942, at Auckland, New Zealand, CDR. Maximillian B. De Leshe in command
  • Decommissioned, 7 May 1946, at San Francisco, CA.
  • Returned to the Maritime Commission, 14 June 1946 for disposal
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 3 July 1946
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 1,770 t.(lt) 2,550 t.(fl)
    Length 318' 6"
    Beam 42' 7"
    Draft 18' 5"
    Speed 13 kts.
    Complement 41
    Armament
    two single 3"/50 dual purpose gun mounts
    two twin 20mm AA gun mounts
    Propulsion diesel, single propeller, 1,755shp
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    Roamer 91k Roamer (AF-19) moored pierside at Auckland, New Zealand. Martin Doutre in honor of his father Jean Lester Doutré, Chief Petty Officer, USN, USS Roamer
    Roamer 37k Roamer (AF-19) departing Auckland (probably 5 September 1945) for the last time as she begins her last run to resupply Pacific Islands on the way back to the United States. Note the homeward bound pennant flying from her aft mast. Martin Doutre in honor of his father Jean Lester Doutré, Chief Petty Officer, USN, USS Roamer
    Roamer 132k Aft plan view of Roamer (AF-19) at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, 3 January 1946. Roamer was undergoing repairs at Mare Island from 2 November 1945 to 16 January 1946.
    Mare Island Naval Shipyard photo # 26-46, 1/3/46.    		 Darryl Baker
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