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ASR-9 Florikan

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Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons




Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation - Navy Battle "E" Ribbon (4)
Second Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
Third Row - National Defense Service Medal - Korean Service Medal - Vietnam Service Medal (1)
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, 30 September 1941, at Moore Shipbuilding and Dry Dock, Co., Oakland, CA.
  • Launched, 14 January 1942
  • Commissioned USS Florikan (ASR-9), 5 April 1943, LT. N. K. Banks, USNR, in command
  • During World War II Florikan was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater of operations
  • During the Korean War II Florikan was deployed to the Korean War Zone during the following periods:
    19 September to 9 October 1951
    17 October 1951 to 19 January 1952
    18 May to 10 August 1953
    5 to 26 September 1953
  • During the Vietnam War Florikan participated in the:
    Tet 69/Counteroffensive
    25 to 26 March and 5 April 1969
  • Decommissioned, 2 August 1991
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 3 September 1991
  • Transferred to the Maritime Administration , 28 July 2001, for disposal
  • Laid up in the National Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay, Benecia, CA.
  • Withdrawn from the Reserve Fleet, 28 November 2006, to Naval Weapons Station Concord, CA. for SINKEX preparation
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown.
    Specifications:
    Displacement 1,780 t.(lt) 2,045 t.(fl)
    Length 251' 4"
    Beam 42'
    Draft 16'
    Speed 14.5kts
    Complement 102
    Armament
    two single 3"/50 dual purpose gun mounts
    eight 20mm AA gun mounts
    Propulsion diesel-electric, single screw, 3,000hp
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    Florikan 55k Florikan (ASR-9) underway, location unknown, circa 1943. Robert Hurst
    Florikan 29k Florikan (ASR-9) overhead view underway, date and location unknown. Hyperwar US Navy in WWII
    Florikan 24k Florikan (ASR-9) underway, departing San Diego, date unknown. Submitted by Craig Rothhammer to NAFTS
    (National Association
    of Fleet Tug Sailors)
    Florikan 105k Aerial 3/4 Port Bow View of Florikan (ASR-9), 20 May 1969, while operating off the coast of Oahu, HI.
    Fleet Air Photo Lab. NAS Barbers Point, HI. # VBP-00602-5-69 by PH2 R. F. Kinsey.         		Robert M. CierI
    Florikan 41k Florikan (ASR-9) transiting Columbia River enroute to Portland, OR., 1979 Submitted by John Ackerman to NAFTS
    (National Association
    of Fleet Tug Sailors)
    Florikan 468k Florikan (ASR-9) underway on the Columbia River in Oregon, 1 May 1982.
    Defense Visual Information Center photo # DN-SC-82-05687 by Bergman PHotographic Services.    		 Bill Gonyo
    Florikan 63k Florikan (ASR-9), moored at Pearl Harbor, August 1987, Photo by Robert M. CierI
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