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AS-24 Anthedon

Flag Hoist/International Radio Call Sign:
November - Uniform - Sierra - Papa
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - Philippine Liberation Medal

USS Anthedon (AS-24) was transferred to Turkey and renamed TCG Donathan (A-583)
Aegir Class Submarine Tender:'
  • Laid down, 6 May 1943, as a Maritime Commission, type (C3-S-A2) hull under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 858) at Ingalls Shipbuilding Co., Pascagoula, MS.
  • Launched, 15 October 1943
  • Acquired by the US Navy, 17 December 1943 and placed in temporary commission for passage to her conversion yard
  • Decommissioned, 30 December 1943 and turned over to Todd Ship Yards Corp., Brooklyn, N.Y. for conversion to a Submarine Tender
  • Placed in full commission, as USS Anthedon (AS-24), 15 September 1944, CDR. Richard E. Hawes in command
  • Decommissioned, 21 September 1946, at New London, CT.
  • Laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet
  • Struck from the Naval Register, circa 1968-1969
  • Sold to Turkey, 7 February 1969, renamed TCG Donathan (A-583)
  • Final Disposition, scrapped (date unknown)
    Specifications:
    Displacement 16,500 t.(fl)
    Length 492'
    Beam 69' 6"
    Draft 27'
    Speed 18.4 kts.
    Complement 1,460
    Armament
    one single 5"/38 dual purpose gun mount
    four single 3"/50 dual purpose gun mounts
    four single 40mm gun mounts
    twenty single 20mm AA gun mounts
    Propulsion Geared Turbine, single propeller
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    Anthedon 116k Anthedon (AS-24) underway, circa 1944, location unknown.
    Note Anthedon is painted Camouflage Measure 32, Design 12F (a green pattern).
    US Navy photo    		 Courtesy Randy Guttery
    Tendertales web site
    Anthedon 22k Anthedon (AS-24) moored pierside at the US Submarine Base, Fremantle, Australia, while refitting Pacific Fleet submarines, August 1945. Jack Treutle
    Anthedon 65k Anthedon (AS-24) departing Fremantle, Australia in October 1945. Jack Treutle
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    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center
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