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USS Corduba (AF-32)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Whiskey - Zulu - Charlie NWZC

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
Second Row - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - National Defense Service Medal

Adria Class Stores Ship:

Laid down, date unknown, as a Maritime Commission type (R1-M-AV3) hull under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 2196) at Pennsylvania Shipyards, Inc., Beaumont, TX.

Launched, 11 June 1944

Acquired by the Navy, 30 December 1944

Commissioned USS Corduba (AF-32), 26 January 1945. LT. Arthur G. Wood, Jr., USNR, in command

During World War II USS Corduba was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater

Following World War II USS Corduba performed Occupation duty in Europe and China Service for the following periods;

Navy Occupation Service Medal

China Service Medal (extended)


1 to 18 July 1947	20 November to 28 December 1945

Decommissioned, 20 August 1955, at Charleston, S.C.

Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown

Final Disposition, scrapped in 1974

Specifications:
Displacement 3,139 t.(lt) 7,435 t.(fl)
Length 338' 6"
Beam 50'
Draft 21' 1"
Speed 11.5 kts. (trial)
Complement

Officers 10

Enlisted 74
Largest Boom Capacity 10 t.
Cargo Capacity 3,170 DWT

non-refrigerated 47,510 Cu ft

refrigerated 114,580 Cu ft
Armament

one single 3"/50 cal dual purpose gun mount

six single 20mm AA gun mounts
Fuel Capacity Diesel 6,300 Bbls
Propulsion

one Nordberg Diesel TSM engine

three Diesel-drive 250Kw 120V/240V D.C. Ship's Service Generators

one propeller, 1,700shp

Size	Image Description	Source
49k	*USS Corduba* (AF-32)** underway, circa 1947, location unknown.	Robert Hurst
103k	*USS Corduba* (AF-32)** underway off Naval Station Norfolk, VA. 10 April 1952. US Navy photo # 80-G-446287 from the collections of the US Naval History and Heritage Command.	Robert Hurst
107k	*USS Corduba* (AF-32)** underway, date and location unknown.	Paul Keyes, Jr. FPFN USN USS Corduba 1953-54

USS Corduba (AF-32)
DANFS history entry located at the US Naval History and Heritage Command

Commanding Officers
01	LT. Wood Jr., Arthur G.	26 January 1945 - ?
02	CDR. Boone, Daniel Arrey	no dates


Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler and Ron Reeves

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log

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