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ARG-14 Dumaran / ARV-1 Chourre

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 - World War II Victory Medal - National Defense Service Medal - Korean Service Medal (3)
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 an Aircraft Repair Ship, and renamed 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
  • Decommissioned, 28 November 1948, at Stockton, CA.
  • Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, Stockton Group
  • Recommissioned, 21 February 1952
  • During the Korean War 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
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 1961
  • Transferred to the Maritime Commission for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet
  • Final Disposition, scrapped in 1971
  • Chourre received 2 battle stars for Korean War service
    Specifications:
    Displacement 4,023 t.(lt) 14,250 t.(fl)
    Length 441' 6"
    Beam 56' 11"
    Draft 27'
    Speed 12 kts.
    Complement 578
    Armament one single 5"/38 dual purpose gun mount
    Propulsion reciprocating steam engine, single propeller, 2,500shp.
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    Chourre 25k Chourre (ARV-1) at anchor, date and place unknown. Gunter Krebs
    Chourre 93k Chourre (ARV-1) underway, date and place unknown.
    US Navy photo from DANFS     		Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
    View the Chourre (ARV-1)
    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S.Navy Memorial Foundation
    Fleet Reserve Association
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
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