Please report any broken links or trouble you might come across to the Webmaster. Please take a moment to let us know so that we can correct any problems and make your visit as enjoyable and as informative as possible.

NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive
Contributed by Mike Smolinski

ARG-16 Kermit Roosevelt

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
Second Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - National Defense Service Medal
Third Row - Korean Service Medal (3) - United Nations Service Medal - Republic of Korea War Service Medal
Luzon Class Internal Combustion Engine Repair Ship:
  • Laid down, 30 August 1944, as SS Deal Island, a Maritime Commission type (EC-2-S-C1) hull under Maritime Commission contract (MCE 2680) at Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard Inc., Baltimore, MD.
  • Renamed Kermit Roosevelt, 29 September 1944
  • Launched, 5 October 1944
  • Acquired by the US Navy, 21 October 1944
  • Converted to an Internal Combustion Engine Repair Ship
  • Commissioned USS Kermit Roosevelt (ARG-16), 31 May 1945, Cdr. C. W. Scribner in command
  • During the Korean War Kermit Roosevelt participated in the following campaigns:
    Korean War Campaigns
    Campaign and Dates Campaign and Dates
    North Korean Aggression
    9 October to 2 November 1950     		Korean Summer-Fall 1953
    20 to 22 May 1953
    20 June 1953
    Communist China Aggression
    3 November to 24 December 1950     		.

  • In a dual ceremony at Bremerton Naval Shipyard on 31 October 1959 Kermit Roosevelt (ARG-16) was decommissioned, as her crew simultaneously recommissioned Delta (AR-9)
  • Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 1 January 1960
  • Returned to Maritime Administration, 23 June 1960
  • Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 25 August 1960, to Zidell Exploration, Inc., Portland, OR.
  • Kermit Roosevelt received three battle stars for Korean War Service
    Specifications:
    Displacement 2,159 t.(lt) 8,700 t.(fl)
    Length 441' 6"
    Beam 56' 11"
    Draft 23'
    Speed 12.5 kts.
    Complement 480
    Armament
    one single 5"/38 dual purpose gun mount
    three 3"/50 gun mounts
    four single 40mm AA gun mounts
    twelve single 20mm AA gun mounts
    Propulsion reciprocating steam engine, single shaft, 1.950hp
    Click On Image
    For Full Size Image    		 Size Image Description Source
    Kermit Roosevelt 33k Kermit Roosevelt (ARG-16) at anchor, circa 1945, place unknown.
    US Navy photo by S. C. Heal, Esq.    		 Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret
    Kermit Roosevelt 51k Kermit Roosevelt (ARG-16) underway, December 1959, place unknown. US Naval Historical Center
    View the Kermit Roosevelt (ARG-16)
    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center web site
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S.Navy Memorial Foundation
    Fleet Reserve Association
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    Kermit Roosevelt (ARG-16)
    Back to the Navsource Photo Archives Main Page Back To The Service Ship Photo Index Back To The Internal Combustion Engine Repair Ship (ARG) Photo Index
    Comments, Suggestions, E-mail Webmaster.
    This page is created and maintained by Gary P. Priolo
    © 2005 Gary P. Priolo © 1996 - 2008 NavSource Naval History. All Rights Reserved.
    Last Updated 23 June 2006