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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 - American Campaign Medal
Second Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal - National Defense Service Medal (2)
Third Row - Korean Service Medal - Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (1-Korea) - Vietnam Service Medal (4)
Fourth Row - Philippines Liberation Medal - United Nations Service 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. Richard E. Hawes in command

During World War II USS Chanticleer was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater

During the Vietnam War USS Chanticleer participated in the following campaigns:

Campaign and Dates	Campaign and Dates
Vietnam War Campaigns
Vietnamese Counteroffensive 5 to 13 February 1966	Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase VII 7 to 9 April 1971
Vietnam Summer-Fall 1969 22 to 25 June 1969 3 to 15 August 1969	Vietnam Ceasefire 30 to 31 December 1972

Decommissioned and struck from the Naval Register, 9 June 1973

USS Chanticleer earned 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.

Final Disposition, sold by the Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) for scrapping, 1 June 1974

Specifications:
Displacement 1,780 t.(lt) 2,141 t.(fl)
Length 251' 4"
Beam 42'
Draft 14'
Speed 14kts.

Complement

Officers 6

Enlisted 96

Largest Boom Capacity 20 t.

Armament

two single 3"/50 cal dual purpose gun mounts

eight 20mm AA gun mounts

four depth charge tracks

Fuel Capacity

Diesel 1,785 Bbls

Propulsion

four Alco 539 Diesel main engines driving four General Electric generators and three General Motors 3-268A auxiliary services engines

single Westinghouse Main Reduction Gears

single propeller, 3,000shp

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By /Source
110306001	53k	*Namesake* Chanticleer - In French literature, *Chanticleer* is the personal name given the cock.	Tommy Trampp
19-N-39439	116k	*USS Chanticleer* (ASR-7)** in San Francisco Bay, 14 December 1942, shortly after commissioning. Note the after 3"/50 gun, which was later removed from the ships of this class. US National Archives photo #'s 19-N-39439 and 19-N-39440, US Navy Bureau of Ships photos now in the collections of the US National Archives, courtesy Shipscribe.com.	Mike Green
19-N-39440	117k		Mike Green
	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
	389k	*USS Chanticleer* (ASR-7)** underway in San Francisco Bay, 21 February 1954. US Navy photo	David Buell
	151k	*USS Chanticleer* (ASR-7)** underway, circa 1957-58, location unknown. US Navy photo from "All Hands" magazine, March 1958.	Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
09361272	325k	*USS Chanticleer* (ASR-7) alongside USS Sperry (AS-12)** with submarines in the harbor at San Diego, CA., date unknown.	Nichols Tiberio
	93k	*USS Chanticleer* (ASR-7)** underway, circa 1958-59, location unknown. US Navy photo from "All Hands" magazine, March 1959.	Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
	101k	*USS Chanticleer* (ASR-7)** underway, circa 1962, location unknown. US Navy photo.	Scott Koen
	64k	*USS Chanticleer* (ASR-7)** underway, circa 1964-65, location unknown. US Navy photo from "All Hands" magazine, June 1965.	Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
	70k	*USS Chanticleer* (ASR-7) loading weapons aboard USS Permit (SSN-594)** anchored in the vicinity of Ballast Point, San Diego, CA., date unknown.	Submitted by John Ackerman to NAFTS (National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors)
	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)
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)

Commanding Officers
01	CDR. Hawes, Richard Ellington, USN :RADM	20 November 1942 - 1 May 1944
02	LT. Cottrell Sr., Paul Clifford, USN	1 May 1944 - 8 September 1944
03	LT. Tyndall, Luther Leroy, USN	8 September 1944 - 1947
04	CDR. Molumphy, George Garvie, USN (USNA 1931)	1948
05	LT. Crocker, George Francis John, USN	1952
06	LCDR. Tomsky, Jackson Maxwell, USN	17 April 1962 - 27 August 1965
07	LCDR. Newell Jr., James Frederick, USN	17 January 1967 - 18 December 1968
08	LCDR. Edwards, Scott, USN	18 December 1968 - 1971
09	LCDR. Paul, Martin Andrew, USN	1971 - 9 June 1973


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Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log

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National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors

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