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USS Kittiwake (ASR-13)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Uniform - Lima - Whiskey
 NULW
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation (2) - Navy Battle "E" Ribbon (6)
Bottom Row - American Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - National Defense Service Medal (2)
Chanticleer Class Submarine Rescue Ship:
  • Laid down, 5 January 1945, at Savannah Machinery and Foundry, Co., Savannah, GA.
  • Launched, 10 July 1945
  • Commissioned USS Kittiwake (ASR-13), 18 July 1946, LT. L. H. Collier in command
  • Decommissioned, 30 September 1994
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 30 September 1994
  • Title transferred to MARAD, 31 March 2000, for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River, Lee Hall, VA.
  • Final Disposition, to be reefed in the Cayman Islands as a dive site some time in 2009
    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 single 20mm AA gun mounts
    four depth charge tracks
    Propulsion diesel-electric, single screw, 3,000hp
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    Rankin/Kittiwake 109k USS Kittiwake (ASR-13) underway off NOB Norfolk, VA. July-August 1964. In the foreground is USS Rankin (AKA-103). © Richard Leonhardt
    Kittiwake 261k USS Kittiwake (ASR-13) underway in the roadstead at Hampton Roads, 23 July 1988.
    Defense Visual Information Center photo # DN-ST-88-08285 by Don S. Montgomery.    		 Bill Gonyo
    Kittiwake 50k USS Kittiwake (ASR-13) underway, date and location unknown. National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors)
    Kittiwake 28k USS Kittiwake (ASR-13) underway, date and location unknown. Courtesy Harry Jaeger and The National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors
    Kittiwake 129k USS Kittiwake (ASR-13) underway, date and location unknown.
    US Navy photo.    		 Tom Langford
    MARAD James River Group Reserve Fleet
    Kittiwake 188k Ex-USS Kittiwake (ASR-13) between ex-USNS Harkness (T-AGS-32) and ex-USS Escape (ARS-6) in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River Group, in April 2005. Photo by Ed Zajkowski
    Kittiwake 166k Ex-USS Kittiwake (ASR-13) moored in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River Group, in April 2005. View of Oil Purifier in ships engine room. Photo by Ed Zajkowski
    Kittiwake 133k Ex-USS Kittiwake (ASR-13) moored in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River Group, in April 2005. View of hand painted Engineering Dept. logo on engine room deck. Photo by Ed Zajkowski
    Ortolan 87k From left to right; ex-USS Kittiwake (ASR-13), ex-USCGC Escape (WMEC-6) and ex-USS Ortolan (ASR-22), laid up in reserve in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River Group, Lee Hall, VA., 8 April 2009 Photo Mike Hibbard
    Ortolan 87k From right to left; ex-USS Kittiwake (ASR-13), ex-USCGC Escape (WMEC-6), and ex-USS Ortolan (ASR-22) laid up in reserve in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River Group, Lee Hall, VA., 9 April 2009 Photo Mike Hibbard
    Ortolan 102k From left to right; ex-USS Cape Cod (AD-43), ex-USNS Harkness (T-AGS-32), ex-USS Kittiwake (ASR-13), ex-USCGC Escape (WMEC-6), and ex-USS Ortolan (ASR-22) laid up in reserve in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River Group, Lee Hall, VA., 9 April 2009 Photo Mike Hibbard
    Kittiwake 111k From left to right; ex-USS Cape Cod (AD-43), ex-USNS Harkness (T-AGS-32), ex-USS Kittiwake (ASR-13), ex-USCGC Escape (WMEC-6) laid up in reserve in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River Group, Lee Hall, VA., 9 April 2009 Photo Mike Hibbard
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