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AF-34 Kerstin

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia Clasp)

Adria Class Stores Ship:

Laid down (date unknown) as a Maritime Commission type (R1-M-AV3) hull, under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 2198) at Pennsylvania Shipyards, Inc., Beaumont, TX.

Launched, 16 July 1944

Acquired by the Navy, 22 January 1945

Commissioned USS Kerstin (AF-34), 23 February 1945

Decommissioned, 12 May 1950 and transferred to the Maritime Administration for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay, Benecia, CA.

Struck from the Naval Register, 16 June 1950

Final Disposition, scrapped (date 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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Fleet Reserve Association

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