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AF-47 Valentine

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
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)
Adria Class Stores Ship:
  • Laid down as a Maritime Commission type (R1-M-AV3) hull under Maritime Commission contract (MC Hull 2339) at Pennsylvania Shipyards, Inc, Beaumont, TX.
  • Launched, 3 February 1945
  • Acquired by the US Navy, 19 June 1945 and placed in service for ferrying to here conversion yard, Todd-Galveston Shipyard, Inc., Galveston, TX.
  • Commissioned USS Valentine (AF-47), 19 July 1945, at Galveston, TX.
  • Decommissioned, 6 August 1946, at San Francisco, CA.
  • Returned to the Maritime Commission for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay, Benecia, CA.
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 8 October 1946
  • Final Disposition, sold by the Maritime Administration in 1967, converted to fish factory ship, fate 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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