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AR-19 Xanthus

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)
Xanthus Class Repair Ship:
  • Laid down, 6 June 1944, as a Maritime Commission type (EC2-S-C1) hull Maritime Commission contract (MCE hull 2664) at Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard Inc., Baltimore, MD. as Hecla
  • Intended for the Royal Navy as HMS Hecla (F-175)
  • Launched, 31 July 1944
  • Delivered to the US Navy, 16 August 1944
  • Retained by the Navy, 28 September 1944
  • Renamed Xanthus (AR-19), 6 December 1944
  • Commissioned USS Xanthus (AR-19), 9 May 1945
  • Decommissioned in the spring of 1946, at Norfolk, VA.
  • Laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, James River Group, Fort Eustis, VA., in a "hands on" status through 1961
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 1 September 1962
  • Final Disposition, in 1974 sold for scrapping at Cleveland, OH.
    Specifications:
    Displacement 5,801 t.(lt) 10,920 t.(fl)
    Length 441' 6"
    Beam 56' 11"
    Draft 22'
    Speed 12.5 kts.
    Complement 525
    Armament one single 5"/38 dual purpose gun mount, three 3"/50 guns, four 40mm guns, twelve 20mm guns
    Propulsion reciprocating steam engine, single shaft, 2,500shp
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