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AF-48 Alstede

Flag Hoist/International Radio Call Sign:
November - Charlie - Yankee - Victor
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - National Defense Service Medal - Korean Service Medal (4)
Bottom Row - Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (1-Dominican Republic) - United Nations Service Medal - Republic of Korea War Service Medal
Alstede Class Stores Ship:
  • Laid down, 30 September 1944, as SS Ocean Chief, a Maritime Commission type (R2-S-BV1) hull, under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 1206), at Moore Drydock Co., Oakland, CA.
  • Launched, 28 November 1944
  • Delivered to the War Shipping Administration, 4 May 1945
  • Operated by United Fruit Co. under contract to the WSA for one year
  • Returned to the Maritime Commission and acquired by the US Navy, 10 May 1946
  • Commissioned USS Alstede (AF-48), 17 May 1946, at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, CA., CDR. Alexander Kusebach, USNR, in command
  • During the Korean War Alstede (AF-48) participated in the following campaigns:
    Korean War Campaigns
    Campaign and Dates Campaign and Dates
    Second Korean Winter
    26 to 28 January 1952
    12 to 15 February 1952
    28 February to 3 March 1952
    8 to 12 March 1952
    14 to 17 and 27 to 30 April 1952     		Third Korean Winter 20 to 22 April 1953
    Korean Defense Summer-Fall 1952
    17 to 20 June 1952
    5 to 7 and 13 to 14 July 1952
    18 to 21 September 1952     		Korean Summer-Fall 1953
    27 June to 1 July 1953
    10 to 13 July 1953

  • Decommissioned, 31 October 1969
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 31 October 1969
  • Laid up at the Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility, Norfolk, VA., for non-industrial stripping
  • Final Disposition, sold to N.W. Kennedy, Ltd, Vancouver, Canada, 2 June 1970, for scrapping
  • Alstede earned four battle stars during the Korean War
    Specifications:
    Displacement 15,500 t.(fl)
    Length 459' 2"
    Beam 63'
    Draft 28'
    Speed 16 kts.
    Complement 292
    Armament unknown
    Propulsion cross-compound turbines, single propeller
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    Alstede 105k Forward plan view of Alstede (AF-48) at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, CA., 18 May 1946. Birmingham (CL-62) is to the left.
    Mare Island Naval Shipyard photo # 1826-46, 5/18/46    		 Darryl Baker
    Alstede 101k Amidships looking aft plan view of Alstede (AF-48) at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, CA., 18 May 1946. Alstede was undergoing repairs at Mare Island from 10 to 18 May 1946.
    Mare Island Naval Shipyard photo # 1830-46, 5/18/46    		 Darryl Baker
    Alstede 121k Change of Command ceremonies aboard Alstede (AF-48) at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, CA., 28 October 1953. Alstede was undergoing repairs at Mare Island from 11 September to 11 November 1953.
    Mare Island Naval Shipyard photo # 19160-10-53, 10/28/53    		 Darryl Baker
    Alstede 95k Broadside view of Alstede (AF-48) off Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, CA., 10 November 1953.
    Mare Island Naval Shipyard photo # 19306-11-53, 11/10/53    		 Darryl Baker
    Alstede 200k Alstede (AF-48) at anchor, date and place unknown. Jim McCoy
    Alstede 168k Alstede (AF-48) moored pierside at Naval Station Rota, Spain, 28 May 1962
    US Navy photo     		Mike Smolinski
    Telfair 21k Alstede (AF-48) and Telfair (APA-210) moored pierside at Norfolk, VA., October 1964 Photo by Jim McCoy
    Alstede 84k Alstede (AF-48) and Northampton (CC-1) conduct an underway replenishment at sea as they steam side by side, date unknown.
    US Navy photo # 1103939 by C.F. Knapp PH1 USN, released 6-4-64,. from the archives of the US Naval Photographic Center Naval Station, Anacostia, Washington, D.C.    		 David Buell
    Alstede 107k Alstede (AF-48) underway, date and place unknown.
    US Navy photo from "All Hands" magazine, January 1969.    		 Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
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