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Contributed by Don McGrogan, BMCS, USN Ret.

USS Chanticleer (ASR-7)


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Bravo - Juliet - Uniform
 NBJU
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons





Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Navy Unit Commendation
Second Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal
Third Row - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - National Defense Service Medal (2) - Korean Service Medal
Fourth Row - Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (1-Korea) - Vietnam Service Medal (4) - Philippines Liberation Medal (1)
Fifth Row - United Nations Service Medal - Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal - Republic of Korea War Service Medal (retroactive)
Chanticleer Class Submarine Rescue Ship:
  • Laid down, date unknown, at Moore Shipbuilding and Dry Dock, Co., Oakland, CA.
  • Launched, 29 May 1942
  • Commissioned USS Chanticleer (ASR-7), 20 November 1942, LCDR. R. E. Hawes in command
  • During World War II USS Chanticleer was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the in the following campaign:
    Asiatic-Pacific Campaign
    Campaign and Dates
    Luzon operations, 19 March to 1 April 1945
  • Decommissioned, date unknown
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 1 June 1973
  • Final Disposition, sold by the Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) for scrapping, 1 June 1974
  • USS Chanticleer received the Navy Unit Commendation for service in Salvage, Fire Fighting, and Rescue Unit, Service Force, 7th Fleet - Philippine Islands area, 3 March to 6 June 1945,and earned one battle star for World War II service.
    Specifications:
    Displacement 1,780 t.(lt) 2,045 t.(fl)
    Length 251' 4"
    Beam 42'
    Draft 16'
    Speed 14.5 kts.
    Complement 102
    Armament
    two single 3"/50 dual purpose gun mounts
    eight 20mm AA gun mounts
    four depth charge tracks
    Propulsion diesel-electric, single screw, 3,000hp
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    Chanticleer 529k USS Chanticleer (ASR-7) off Mare Island on January 18, 1943.
    File name: ASR 7 561-1-43, Navy Photo, 1/18/43.    		 Darryl Baker
    Chanticleer 1401k USS Chanticleer (ASR-7) underway in San Francisco Bay, 21 February 1954.
    US Navy photo    		 David Buell
    Chanticleer 70k USS Chanticleer (ASR-7) loading weapons aboard USS Permit (SSN-594) in the Holy Loch, Scotland, date unknown. Submitted by John Ackerman
    to NAFTS
    (National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors)
    Chanticleer 150k USS Chanticleer (ASR-7) moored pierside, date and location unknown.
    US Navy photo.    		 Robert Hurst
    USS Chanticleer Additional Ships Patches

    Contributed by Mike Smolinski
    USS Chanticleer (ASR-7)
    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval History and Heritage Command
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
    Fleet Reserve Association
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors
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