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AF-32 Corduba

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. A. G. Wood, Jr., USNR, in command
  • During World War II Corduba was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater
  • 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) 6,240 t.(fl)
    Length 338' 6"
    Beam 50'
    Draft 21' 1"
    Speed 11 kts.
    Complement 98
    Cargo Capacity 2,120 DWT
    Armament
    one single 3"/50 dual purpose gun mount
    six single 20mm AA gun mounts
    Propulsion diesel engine, single screw, 1,700shp
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    Corduba 49k Corduba (AF-32) underway, circa 1947, location unknown. Robert Hurst
    Corduba 107k Corduba (AF-32) underway, date and location unknown. Paul Keyes, Jr. FPFN USN USS Corduba 1953-54
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    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center web site
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S.Navy Memorial Foundation
    Fleet Reserve Association
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