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NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive

Contributed by Mike Smolinski

USS Nereus (AS-17)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Uniform - Foxtrot - Juliet NUFJ

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
Bottom Row - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - National Defense Service Medal

Fulton Class Submarine Tender:

Laid down, 12 October 1943, at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, CA.

Launched, 12 February 1945

Commissioned USS Nereus (AS-17), 27 October 1945, CAPT. L. D. Follmer in command

Decommissioned (date unknown)

Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet

Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown)

Title transfer to the Maritime Administration (MARAD), 7 May 1993

Laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay, Benecia, CA.

Final Disposition, awaiting sale for scrapping

Specifications:
Displacement 9,734 t.(lt) 15,034 t.(fl)
Length 529' 6"
Beam 73' 4"
Draft 23' 6"
Speed 18.5 kts.
Complement 1,303
Armament four single 5"/38 gun mounts
Propulsion diesel electric, twin screws, 12,000hp

Size	Image Description	Contributed By /Source
143k	*USS Nereus* (AS-17)** keel laying ceremony at Mare Island Navy Yard, 12 October 1943. Mare Island Navy Yard photo # 7064-43, 10/12/43	Darryl Baker
147k	*USS Nereus* (AS-17)** christening ceremony at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, CA. , 12 February 1945. US Navy Yard photo # AS 17 1041-42	Darryl Baker
126k	*USS Nereus* (AS-17)** christening ceremony - Mrs. A.M. Hurst christens the ship, 12 February 1945 at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, CA. From left to right; RADM Mahlon S. Tisdale (Shipyard Commandant); Mrs. A. M. Hurst (Sponsor), Capt. A. M. Hurst; and Mrs. Styer US Navy Yard photo # AS 17 106X-42	Darryl Baker
76k	*USS Nereus* (AS-17)** immediately after launching at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, CA., 12 February 1945. US Navy Yard photo # AS 17 1084-42	Darryl Baker
99k	*USS Nereus* (AS-17)** off Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, CA., 6 November 1945. US Navy Yard photo # AS 17 6993-45	Darryl Baker
58k	*USS Nereus* (AS-17)** moored to a buoy with four submarines alongside, date and location unknown. US Navy photo	.
31k	*USS Nereus* (AS-17)** underway, date and location unknown. US Navy photo	.
61k	*USS Nereus* (AS-17)** underway, date and location unknown.	Hyperwar US Navy in WWII
70k	*USS Nereus* (AS-17)** underway, date and location unknown.	Hyperwar US Navy in WWII
84k	*USS Nereus* (AS-17)** undocking from Dry Dock #2 at Naval Shipyard Mare Island, Vallejo, CA. on Navy Day, 27 October 1947. US Naval Shipyard Mare Island photo # 2018-47.	Darryl Baker
86k	*USS Nereus* (AS-17)** undocking from Dry Dock #2 at Naval Shipyard Mare Island, Vallejo, CA. on Navy Day, 27 October 1947. US Naval Shipyard Mare Island photo # 2041-47.	Darryl Baker
63k	*USS Nereus* (AS-17) with nine submarines alonside; USS Tunny (SSG-282)*, USS Cusk* (SS-348), USS Carbonero (SSG-337), USS Tilefish (SS-307), USS Spinax (SSR-489), USS Rock (SSR-274), USS Remora (SS-487), USS Catfish (SS-339), USS Volador (SS-490) and the Submarine Rescue Vessel USS Florikan (ASR 9) moored alongside at San Diego for *Subron Five's Change of Command, date unknown. US Navy photo from "All Hands"* magazine, November 1955.	Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
79k	*USS Nereus* (AS-17)** underway in San Francisco Bay in 1958. Photo ©Allied Photographers of San Francisco.	Robert M. Cieri
71k	*USS Nereus* (AS-17) and USS Fulton (AS-11)** moored to buoys at San Diego, with submarines alongside date unknown. US Navy photo from "All Hands" magazine, April 1958.	Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
91k	*USS Nereus* (AS-17) moored to a buoy with USS Shields (DD-596)** alongside in 1966, location unknown. US Navy photo from "All Hands" magazine, June 1966.	Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
159k	*USS Nereus* (AS-17)** Commanding Officer, CDR C. Douglas Fletcher, USN, gives the order to haul down aboard Nereus (AS 17) during her decommissioning at Mare Island. 27 October 1971. From left to right: CDR C. Douglas Fletcher, Capt. Louis T. J. Urbanczyk (Commodore, Sub Squadron 5) and Capt. Frank C. Knock (Production Officer).	Darryl Baker
91k	*USS Nereus* (AS-17)** jack being lowered during her decommissioning ceremony at Mare Island on 27 Oct 1971.	Darryl Baker
53k	*USS Nereus* (AS-17)** Mare Island plank-owners pictured during her decommissioning at the shipyard, 27 Oct 1971. From left to right: Capt. F. C. Knock (Production Officer), CDR C. D. Fletcher (Last CO of Nereus), Ray Denny, William Gonyer, Ray Ramos, Jack Groo, William Sweigart, Barney Kelly, LCDR H. L. Banres and Cruz Pangelinan.	Darryl Baker
54k	Ex-*USS Nereus* (AS-17) surrounded by tugs as she is being moved through the Mare Island Naval Shipyard causeway to the Reserve Fleet, 11 December 1971. Tugs assisting include YTL-431.** US Navy Yard photo # AS 17 10800-12-71	Darryl Baker
65k	Ex-*USS Nereus* (AS-17) squeezing through the Mare Island causeway on her way to the Pacific Reserve Fleet, 11 December 1971. The USS Pampanito (SS-383) is the submarine in the photo to the right. The shipyard dredge is forward of the Pampanito**	Darryl Baker
85k	Ships moored at Mare Island Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility, 23 May 1972. include *APL-3* in the foreground and ex-*USS Nereus* (AS-17) and ex-USS Markab (AR-23)** in the background. Photo from "Warship Boneyards" by Kit and Carolyn Bonner, (Courtesy L. Cote).	Robert Hurst
142k	*USS Nereus* (AS-17)** ship's plaque.	John Barrett