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ARG-10 Palawan

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 - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal
Second Row - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - Philippines Liberation Medal
Luzon Class Internal Combustion Engine Repair Ship:
  • Laid down, as a Maritime Commission type (EC-2-S-C1) hull under Maritime Commission contract (MCE 2668) at Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard, Inc., Baltimore, MD.
  • Launched, 12 August 1944
  • Acquired by the Navy from the Maritime Commission and converted to an Internal Combustion Engine Repair Ship at Bethlehem Key Highway Plant, Baltimore, MD.
  • Commissioned USS Palawan (ARG-10), 3 May 1945
  • Decommissioned, 16 January 1947, at San Diego, CA.
  • Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, San Diego, CA.
  • Transferred to the Maritime Administration, 23 February 1962, for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay, Benecia, CA.
  • Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown)
  • Final Disposition, sunk as an artificial fish reef off Redondo Beach, CA. in 1977
    Specifications:
    Displacement 5,159 t.(lt) 14,250 t.(fl)
    Length 441' 6"
    Beam 56' 11"
    Draft 23'
    Speed 12.5 kts.
    Complement 501
    Armament one single 5"/38 dual purpose gun mount, three 3"/50 gun mounts, four 40mm guns, twelve 20mm guns
    Propulsion General Machinery Corp, of Hamilton, OH. reciprocating steam engine, single shaft, 1,950hp
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    Palawan 66k Palawan (ARG-10) just after launching at Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard, Inc., Baltimore, MD., 12 August 1944. David Nixon
    Palawan 122k Palawan (ARG-10) underway, date unknown. Capt. Jerry Mason, USN
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    DANFS history entry located on the US Naval Historical Center web site
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S.Navy Memorial Foundation
    Fleet Reserve Association
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