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ARG-11 Samar

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)
Luzon Class Internal Combustion Engine Repair Ship:
  • Laid down, 21 September 1944, as a Maritime Commission type (EC2-S-C1) hull under Maritime Commission contract (MCE hull 2683) at Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard, Inc., Baltimore, MD.
  • Launched, 19 October 1944
  • Acquired by the Navy, 31 October 1944 from the Maritime Commission
  • Converted to an Internal Combustion Engine Repair Ship at Bethlehem Key Highway Plant, Baltimore, MD.
  • Commissioned USS Samar (ARG-11), 5 June 1945
  • Decommissioned, 24 July 1947 at San Diego, CA., laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 1 September 1962, and transferred to the Maritime Commission for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay, Benecia, CA.
  • Final disposition, scrapped in 1974
    Specifications:
    Displacement 5,159 t.(lt) 8,700 t.(fl)
    Length 442'
    Beam 57'
    Draft 23'
    Speed 13 kts.
    Complement 574
    Armament one single 5"/38 dual purpose gun mount, three 3"/50 gun mounts, four 40mm guns, twelve 20mm guns
    Propulsion reciprocating steam engine, single shaft, 1,950hp
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    Samar 37k Samar (ARG-11) at anchor, circa 1945, place unknown.
    US Navy photo # NH 90562. Courtesy of William H. Davis, 1980, from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center         		US Naval Historical Center
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    DANFS history entry located on the Haze Gray & Underway web site
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S.Navy Memorial Foundation
    Fleet Reserve Association
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