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AF-42 Bondia

Flag Hoist/International Radio Call Sign:
November - Victor - November - Foxtrot
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) - Philippines Liberation Medal
Adria Class Stores Ship:
  • Laid down, 18 September 1944, as M/V Flemish Bend, a Maritime Commission type (R1-M-AV3) hull under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 2204) at Pennsylvania Shipyards, Inc, Beaumont, TX.
  • Launched, 9 November 1944
  • Acquired by the Navy, 31 March 1945
  • Commissioned, USS Bondia (AF-42), 17 April 1945, LT. Milton L. Austin, USNR, in command
  • Decommissioned, 29 July 1946, and returned to the Maritime Commission the same day
  • Re-acquired from the Maritime Commission, 27 July 1951, assigned to the Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS) and placed in service as USNS Bondia (T-AF-42)
  • Placed out of service (date unknown)
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 1 May 1973
  • Transferred to the Maritime Administration (MARAD) for lay up or disposal
  • Final Disposition, scrapped in 1974
    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 AA gun mounts
    Propulsion diesel engine, single screw, 1,700shp
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    Bondia 102k Bondia (T-AF-42) moored pierside at Guantanemo Bay, Cuba, 1971 ©Richard Leonhardt
    Bondia 84k Bondia (T-AF-42) at anchor, date and place unknown.
    US Navy photo    		 Carl R. Friberg Jr.
    Bondia 40k Bondia (T-AF-42) underway, date and place unknown. Robert Hurst
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