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USS Cadmus (AR-14)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Uniform - Uniform - Yankee
 NUUY
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
Top Row - Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation - National Defense Service Medal

USS Cadmus (AR-14) was sold to the Republic of China and renamed Yu Tai (A-521)
Amphion Class Repair Ship:
  • Laid down, 30 October 1944, as a Maritime Commission type (C2) hull, under a Maritime Commission contract at Tampa Shipbuilding Co., Inc, Tampa, FL.
  • Launched, 5 August 1945
  • Commissioned USS Cadmus (AR-14), 23 April 1946
  • Decommissioned, 14 September 1971
  • Laid up in the Reserve Fleet
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 15 January 1974
  • Sold under the Security Assistance Program to Taiwan, 22 April 1974, renamed Yu Tai (A-521)
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 6,266 t.
    Length 492'
    Beam 69' 6"
    Draft 27' 6"
    Speed 16.5 kts. (max)
    Complement 921
    Armament two single 5"/38 dual purpose gun mount
    Propulsion two Foster Wheeler boilers, one Westinghouse steam turbine, single shaft, 8500shp
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    USS Cadmus (AR-14)
    Cadmus 80k USS Cadmus (AR-14) underway, date and location unknown.
    US Navy photo from "Our Navy" Magazine", First of June 1954.    		 Stanley Svec
    Cadmus 59k USS Cadmus (AR-14) at South Boston Naval Annex, August 1960 © Richard Leonhardt
    Cadmus 84k USS Cadmus (AR-14) at Naval Station Newport, R.I., 30 May 1970 with Nipmuc (ATF-157), USS Harlan R. Dickson (DD-708) and USS Norris (DD-859) alongside. © Richard Leonhardt
    Cadmus 98k USS Cadmus (AR-14) underway, date and location unknown.
    US Navy photo    		 Joe Radigan, MACM USN Ret.
    Yu Tai (A-521)
    Cadmus 16k ex-USS Cadmus (AR-14) in Republic of China service as Yu Tai (A-521) Taiwan Navy Web Site
    Cadmus 12k Yu Tai (A-521) moored pierside, date and location unknown. Taiwan Navy Web Site
    Cadmus 16k Yu Tai (A-521) underway, date and location unknown. Taiwan Navy Web Site
    Cadmus 63k Yu Tai (A-521) moored pierside at Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 15 November 1985. Photo by Gerhard Mueller-Debus
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