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AF-30 Adria

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - China Service Medal (extended) - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - National Defense Service Medal
Adria Class Stores Ship:
  • Laid down, 27 December 1943, as a Maritime Commission type (R1-M-AV3) hull under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 2194) at Pennsylvania Shipyards, Inc., Beaumont, TX.
  • Launched, 16 April 1944
  • Commissioned, USS Adria (AF-30), 26 December 1944
  • Decommissioned, 16 June 1954
  • Laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Orange TX.
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 1 July 1960
  • Final Disposition, sold by MARAD, 27 June 1977, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 3,139 t.(lt) 6,240 t.(fl)
    Length 338'
    Beam 50'
    Draft 18'
    Speed 12 kts. (max)
    Complement 84
    Cargo Capacity 2,120 DWT
    Armament one single 3"/50 dual purpose gun mount, six single 20mm gun mounts
    Propulsion diesel engine, single screw, 1,700shp
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    Adria 148k Adria (AF-30) underway, date and place unknown.
    US Navy photo from "All Hands" magazine, January 1950         		Joe Radigan, MACM USN Ret.
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    DANFS history entry located at NavSource.
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S.Navy Memorial Foundation
    Fleet Reserve Association
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