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USS Chourre (ARV-1)

/International Radio Call Sign:
November - India - Quebec - Foxtrot NIQF

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 - Korean Service Medal (2)
Third Row - Philippine Liberation Medal - United Nations Service Medal - Republic of Korea War Service Medal (retroactive)

Chourre Class Aircraft Repair Ship

Originally authorized as the Internal Combustion Engine Repair Ship Dumaran (ARG-14)

Reclassified as Aircraft Repair Ship Chourre, 22 February 1944

Laid down, 20 April 1944, as a Maritime Commission type (EC2-S-C1) hull under Maritime Commission contract (MCE 2637) at Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Baltimore, MD.

Launched, 22 May 1944

Commissioned, USS Chourre (ARV-1), 7 December 1944, CAPT. Andrew Harold Bergeson in command.

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

Following World War II USS Chourre was assigned to Occupation service in the Far East from 29 October 1945 to 2 January 1946

Decommissioned, 28 November 1948, at Stockton, CA.

Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, Stockton Group

Recommissioned, 21 February 1952

During the Korean War USS Chourre participated in the following campaigns:

**Korean War Campaigns**
Campaigns and Dates	Campaigns and Dates
Korean Defense Summer-Fall 1952 11 to 14 October 1952 16 to 20 November 1952	Third Korean Winter 18 to 20 December 1952 18 to 21 January 1953 5 to 7 February 1953 13 to 15 February 1953

Decommissioned, 13 September 1955, at San Diego, CA.

Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, San Diego Group

Transferred to the Maritime Administration, 31 October 1960, for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay, Benecia, CA.

Struck from the Naval Register, 1961

Transferred to the Maritime Commission for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet

Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 5 February 1971, to Union Minerals & Alloys, Corp.,

USS Chourre received 2 battle stars for Korean War service

Specifications:
Displacement 4,023 t.(lt) 14,350 t.(fl)
Length 441' 6"
Beam 56' 11"
Draft 22' (lim)
Speed 12.5 kts.
Complement

Officers 71

Enlisted 507
Armament

one single 5"/38 dual purpose gun mount

one quad 40mm AA gun mount

two twin 40mm AA gun mounts
Largest boom capacity 5 tons
Ship's service generators

two turbo drive 60Kw 120V D.C.

two Diesel drive 350Kw 450V A.C.
Fuel Oil Capacity

NSFO 9,500 Bbls

Diesel 515 Bbls
Propulsion

one vertical triple expansion steam engine

two Babcock & Wilcox header type boilers 220psi 450°

single propeller, 2,500shp.

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Source
	25k	*USS Chourre* (ARV-1)** underway with a harbor tug alongside, date and location unknown.	Gunter Krebs
	147k	Overhead view of *USS Chourre* (ARV-1)** underway, date and location unknown. Note the crew manning the rails. US Navy photo.	Gerhard Mueller-Debus
	93k	*USS Chourre* (ARV-1)** underway, date and location unknown. US Navy photo from DANFS.	Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
	97k	*USS Chourre* (ARV-1)** at anchor, 11 August 1945, probably in the Philippines at San Pedro Bay, Leyte Island. US Navy photo # 80-G-337970 from the collections of the US Naval History and Heritage Command.	Robert Hurst
19-N-141291	139k	*USS Chourre* (ARV-1)** near the San Francisco Naval Shipyard, 27 March 1952 after a routine overhaul. US Navy Bureau of Ships photos # 19-N-141292 and 19-N-141291, RG-19 LCM now in the collections of the US National Archives.	Robert Hurst
19-N-141292	133k		Robert Hurst

USS Chourre (ARV-1)
DANFS history entry located at the US Naval History and Heritage Command

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

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