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Contributed by Mike Smolinski

USS Jason (AR-8)
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USS Jason (ARH-1) (1944 - 1957)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Charlie - Victor - Uniform NCVU

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive) - Navy Unit Commendation (2) - Battle "E" Ribbon (6)
Second Row - Navy Expeditionary Medal (Iran/Indian Ocean) - China Service Medal (extended) - American Campaign Medal
Third Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)
Fourth Row - National Defense Service Medal (2) - Korean Service Medal - Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (2-Persian Gulf)
Fifth Row - Vietnam Service Medal (3) - Southwest Asia Service Medal - Humanitarian Service Medal (1-Typhoon Pamela)
Sixth Row - Philippines Presidential Unit Citation - Korean Presidential Unit Citation - Philippines Liberation Medal
Seventh Row - United Nations Service Medal - Republic of Korean War Service Medal (retroactive) - Kuwait Liberation Medal (Kingdom of Saudi Arabia)

Vulcan Class Repair Ship:

Laid down, 9 March 1942, at Los Angeles Shipbuilding and Drydock Co., San Pedro, CA. as a Heavy-hull Repair Ship

Launched, 3 April 1943

Commissioned USS Jason (ARH-1), 19 June 1944, CAPT. A. O. R. Bergesen in command

During World War II USS Jason was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater

During the Korean War USS Jason was forward deployed to Sasebo, Japan

Redesignated Repair Ship (AR-8), 9 September 1957

During the Vietnam War USS Jason (AR-8) participated in the following campaigns:

**Vietnam War Campaigns**
Campaigns and Dates	Campaigns and Dates
Vietnamese Counteroffensive-Phase V Campaign 25 July to 16 August 1968	Vietnamese Counteroffensive-Phase VII Campaign 23 March to 13 April 1971
Vietnam Winter-Summer 1970 Campaign 27 December 1969 to 21 January 1970

Decommissioned, and Struck from the Naval Register, 24 June 1995

Transferred to the Maritime Administration for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay, Benecia, CA

Final Disposition, contract awarded, 9 November 2006, to Marine Metal Inc, Brownsville, TX. for scrapping. Removed from the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay Group, 8 January 2007 for scrapping at Marine Metal Inc, Brownsville, TX.

USS Jason earned three campaign stars for Vietnam War service

Specifications:
Displacement 9,430 t.(lt) 17,000 t.(fl)
Length 529' 4"
Beam 73' 4"
Draft 26' (max)
Speed 19.2 kts.
Largest Boom Capacity 20 t.
Complement

Officers 53

Enlisted 1,244
Armament

four single 5"/38 cal dual purpose gun mounts

four twin 40mm AA gun mounts
Propulsion
two Los Angeles Shipbuilding turbines

four Babcock and Wilcox 3-drum boilers, 400psi 720°

double De Laval Main Reduction Gears

six turbo-drive 750Kw 450V A.C. Ship's Service Generators

two propeller shafts, 11,000shp

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Source
USS Jason (ARH-1)
	109k	*USS Jason* (ARH-1) at anchor, date and location unknown. Note Jason** is painted Camouflage Measure 32, Design 4Ax. US Navy photo
	71k	*USS Jason* (ARH-1) at anchor, date and location unknown. Note Jason** is painted Camouflage Measure 32, Design 4Ax. US Navy photo from "All Hands" magazine, March 1951.	Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
	105k	*USS Jason* (ARH-1) underway, circa 1945, Pacific Ocean. Note Jason** is painted Camouflage Measure 32, Design 4Ax. US Navy photo.	Robert M. Cieri
	107k	*USS Jason* (ARH-1) with a carrier alongside; possibly at Ulithi between, 26 January to 7 February 1945. USS Hancock (CV-19) spent those days alongside Jason** while undergoing repairs after an accidental explosion on her flight deck on 21 January 1945. US Navy photo from DANFS.	Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
	155k	*USS Jason* (ARH-1) at Ulithi Atoll, Caroline Islands, 13 March 1945 with USS Randolph (CV-15) alongside. Note the damage to the after flight deck of Randolph** resulting from a kamikaze hit on 11 March 1945. Photographed from a *USS Miami* (CL-89) float plane. Note Jason** is painted Camouflage Measure 32, Design 4Ax. US National Archives photo # 80-G-344531, a US Navy photo now in the collection of the US National Archives.	Scott Dyben
	365k	*USS Jason* (ARH-1) at anchor, date and location unknown. Note Jason** is painted Camouflage Measure 32, Design 4Ax. US Navy photo	David Buell
	190k	*USS Jason* (ARH-1) underway, date and location unknown. Note Jason** is painted Camouflage Measure 32, Design 4Ax. US Navy photo	David Buell
	152k	*USS Jason* (ARH-1)** underway during the 1950s while still classified as the Navy's only heavy hull repair ship (ARH). Her appearance was essentially identical to that of her repair ship (AR) sisters. US Navy photo # USN 1106431 from the collections of the US Naval History and Heritage Command	Robert Hurst
USS Jason (AR-8)
	83k	*USS Jason* (AR-8)** underway, date and location unknown. US Navy photo.	Robert M. Cieri
	115k	*USS Jason* (AR-8)** off Point Loma departing San Diego, CA., date unknown.	Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret.
	475k	*USS Jason* (AR-8)** underway while entering San Diego Bay, late 1950s. US Navy photo.	David Buell
	46k	*USS Jason* (AR-8)** pierside, at Pearl Harbor, HI., date unknown.	Brian O'Connor, MM1 (SW/DV) USN Ret.
	143k	*USS Jason* (AR-8)** moored pierside, date and location unknown.	Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret.
	105k	*USS Jason* (AR-8) arriving at Yokohama, Japan circa June 1960. Jason** relieved USS Ajax as flagship of COMSERVRON 3 home ported at Sasebo Japan. *Ajax* and *Jason* met at Yokohama and COMSERVRON 3 moved into *Jason* for three months while *Ajax* completed a yard availability at Naval Shipyard Yokosuka.	Russell Cole ex ET2
	126k		Russell Cole ex ET2
	42k	*USS Jason* (AR-8) moored at Naval Station Subic Bay, Philippines with Coast Guard cutters of Coast Guard Squadron Three alongside, circa 1967. From inboard to outboard: USCGC Half Moon (WHEC-378); USCGC Yakutat (WHEC-380); USCGC Gresham (WHEC-387); USCGC Barataria (WHEC-381) and USCGC Bering Strait (WHEC-382)**	Robert Hurst
	43k	*USS Jason* (AR-8) at anchor off Vung Tau, South Vietnam in June 1968 with USS Woodpecker (MSC-209)** alongside. U.S. Navy photo by PH3 R. L. Yager from the January 1969 edition of "All Hands" magazine	Steven Hessman
	30k	*USS Jason* (AR-8)** in the channel departing Pearl Harbor, HI., date unknown.	Brian O'Connor, MM1 (SW/DV) USN Ret.
	225k	*USS Jason* (AR-8)** moored pierside, circa 1970s, location unknown.	Kathleen Capps
	66k	*USS Jason* (AR-8), with USS Beaufort (ATS-2)** alongside, at Naval Station Pearl Harbor, circa 1981	Photo by Brian O'Connor, MM1 (SW/DV) USN Ret
	75k	*USS Jason* (AR-8)** pierside San Diego, CA., date unknown.	Brian O'Connor, MM1 (SW/DV) USN Ret.
	79k	*USS Jason* (AR-8)** off Point Loma departing San Diego, CA., date unknown.	Brian O'Connor, MM1 (SW/DV) USN Ret.
	59k	*USS Jason* (AR-8)** moored at pier 16 Naval Station Long Beach CA., date unknown.	Photo by Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret.
	54k	*USS Jason* (AR-8)** moored pierside at San Diego, CA., date unknown.	Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret.
	106k	*USS Jason* (AR-8)** underway, date and location unknown. US Navy photo.	Wendell Royce McLaughlin Jr
	1887k	*USS Jason* (AR-8)** underway in-bound to San Diego Bay, circa 1980s. This photo was taken after her 5"/38 guns were removed circa 1974. Note that the mainmast is now a tall tripod. US Navy photo from the collections of the US Naval History and Heritage Command	Wolfgang Hechler (gifts from CAPTs. Cleal (1992) and Haigis (1994) respectively
	1665k
	80k	*USS Jason* (AR-8)** moored pierside, 1988, location unknown.	Nick Napzok ex-EM3 USN
	40k	*USS Jason* (AR-8)** at San Diego in October 1994	Dale C. Haskin
	32k	Ex-*USS Jason* (AR-8)** in decommissioned status
MARAD National Defense Reserve Fleet
	272k	Ex-*USS Jason* (AR-8)** laid up in reserve in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay, Benecia, CA., date unknown. US Maritime Administration photos	Ron Reeves
	315k		Ron Reeves
	178k	Ex-*USS Jason* (AR-8)** moored at the former NAS Alameda prior to being towed, commencing 12 Janaury 2007, to Marine Metals Inc., Brownsville, TX. for scrapping	Photos by Mike McCullough
	154k
	162k
	52k	Ex-*USS Jason* (AR-8) under tow in San Francisco Bay, 12 January 2007, by the tug Marine Commander. Jason** was enroute to the scrappers yard, Marine Metals Inc., Brownsville, TX.	Photo by CAPT. Jack C. Goldthorpe, USCG (Ret.)
	54k	Ex-*USS Jason* (AR-8)** under tow in San Francisco Bay, 12 January 2007, while enroute to the scrappers yard, Marine Metals Inc., Brownsville, TX.	Photo by CAPT. Jack C. Goldthorpe, USCG (Ret.)
	69k	Ex-*USS Jason* (AR-8)** arriving at Marine Metals Inc., Brownsville, TX., 1 March 2007, for scrapping. Photo by Mike Martin, Brownsville, TX.	TJ Tropea

USS Jason Additional Ships Patches Contributed by Mike Smolinski

For more photos and information about USS Jason, see;
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships

USS Jason in World War II
Jason Memorabilia
USS Jason Photo Gallery by John Burkowski
Commanding Officers

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log

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USS Jason (AR-8)ex USS Jason (ARH-1) (1944 - 1957)

USS Jason (AR-8)
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USS Jason (ARH-1) (1944 - 1957)