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AF-45 Lucidor

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, 1 December 1944, as a Maritime Commission type (R1-M-AV3) hull, under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 2207) at Pennsylvania Shipyards, Inc, Beaumont, TX.
  • Launched, 25 January 1945
  • Acquired by the US Navy, 16 June 1945
  • Commissioned USS Lucidor (AF-45), 5 July 1945
  • Decommissioned, 26 May 1946, at San Francisco, CA.
  • Returned to the Maritime Commission the same day for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Olympia, WA.
  • Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown)

    Commercial History:
  • Sold for commercial service by the Maritime Administration in 1967 to Alaska Steamship Co., Seattle, WA. and renamed Polar Pioneer
  • Resold in 1972 to Sea Nutrients Corp., Seattle, WA, and renamed Mermaid
  • Resold for the second time in 1972 to Operaciones y Servicios S.A. (OYSSA), Salaverry-Peru and renamed Mochica
  • Resold, 15 November 1974, to Naviera Humboldt S.A., Callao-Peru
  • Resold, 23 July 1975, and laid up at Callao, Peru
  • Resold, 12 January 1977, to Tranave, Panama and resold to Mar. Claro S.A., Buenos Aires-Argentina, renamed Polar MC
  • Resold in 1977 to Norsur S.A., Ltd., Cayman Islands
  • U.K. flagged and renamed Caribea; 28 December 1977
  • Laid up in April 1980 at Necochea, that same month she broke away from her moorings during a storm on the 29th and beached one mile from Quequen
  • ex Lucidor was declared a total loss as a result of the beaching
    (Source, Teun van der Zee)
    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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