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ASR-7 Chanticleer

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons




Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
Second Row - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - National Defense Service Medal (2) - Korean Service Medal
Third Row - Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (1-Korea) - Vietnam Service Medal (4) - Philippines Liberation Medal
Fourth 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
  • 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
    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 guns, four depth charge tracks
    Propulsion diesel-electric, single screw, 3,000hp
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    Chanticleer 70k Chanticleer (ASR-7) loading weapons aboard Permit (SSN-594) in the Holy Loch, Scotland, date unknown. Submitted by John Ackerman
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    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center web site
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