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AF-38 Merapi

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons




Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - China Service Medal (extended)
Second Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal
Third Row - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - National Defense Service Medal - Korean Service Medal (5)
Fourth Row - Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation (2) - United Nations Service Medal - Republic of Korea War Service Medal (retroactive)
Adria Class Stores Ship:
  • Laid down, 14 August 1944, as a Maritime Commission type (R1-M-AV3) hull, under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 2202) at Pennsylvania Shipyards, Inc, Beaumont, TX.
  • Launched, 4 October 1944
  • Acquired by the Navy, 5 March 1945
  • Commissioned USS Merapi (AF-38), 21 March 1945
  • Converted for Naval service at Todd Dry Dock Co., Galveston, TX.
  • Decommissioned, 18 January 1959, at Astoria, OR.
  • Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 1 July 1960
  • Sold by the Maritime Administration in 1966, converted to fish factory ship
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown.
  • Merapi received one battle star for World War II service, five for the Korean conflict, and was twice awarded the Korean Presidential Unit Citation
    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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    Merapi 78k Merapi (AF-38) leaving Pearl Harbor for Kwajalein and Eniwetok in the summer of 1957. The deck cargo was for Kwajalein. Ron Berwick DK3 USS Merapi
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