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USS Frank Cable (AS-40)

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Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Secretary of the Navy Letter of Commendation (2)
Top Row Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation (10) - Navy Battle "E" Ribbon (9)
Bottom Row - National Defense Service Medal Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal - Humanitarian Services Medal (Super Typhoon - Pongsurc Relief Op)
Emory S Land Class Submarine Tender:
  • Laid down, 2 March 1976 at Lockheed Shipbuilding Corp., Seattle, WA.
  • Launched, 14 January 1978
  • Delivered to the Navy, 28 September 1979
  • Commissioned USS Frank Cable (AS-40), 29 October 1979
  • Military Sealift Command (MSC) accepted responsibility for USS Frank Cable (AS-40) . 1 February 2010. The ship remains in commission with a mixed crew
  • USS Frank Cable is assigned to the Pacific Fleet and homeported at Guam
    Specifications:
    Displacement 13,911 t.(lt) 22,978 t.(fl)
    Length 649'
    Beam 85'
    Draft 29' (max)
    Speed 21 kts.
    Complement 1,500
    Armament
    two single 40mm AA gun mounts
    four single 20mm AA gun mounts
    Propulsion two boilers, steam turbine, single shaft, 20,000shp
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    Frank Cable 63k USS Frank Cable (AS-40) at anchor, date and location unknown.
    US Navy photo    		 .
    Frank Cable 88k USS Frank Cable (AS-40) underway in the Philippine Sea, circa 2000
    US Navy photo    		 Bill Gonyo
    Salt Lake City 94k USS Salt Lake City (SSN-716) prepares to go alongside USS Frank Cable (AS-40) at Apra Harbor, Guam., 23 May 2002.
    US Navy photo by PH2 Alan D. Monyell, USN         		Steven A. Cardali USN CA-35
    Frank Cable 126k USS Frank Cable (AS-40) departs Pearl Harbor following a port visit, 25 April 2005. Frank Cable is homeported at Guam.
    US Navy photo # 050425-N-8937A-020 by PH3 Ian W. Anderson.         		Bill Gonyo
    Frank Cable 422k USS Frank Cable (AS-40) is in the background at Commander Fleet Activities Yokosuka (CFAY), Yokosuka, Japan, 14 August 2006, as Sailors on board the guided-missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald (DDG-62) man the rails to say farewell to the guided-missile frigate USS Vandegrift (FFG-48) as she departs Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan, for the last time as a home-ported vessel. After nearly a decade of service with Destroyer Squadron Fifteen (DESRON 15), Vandegrift is shifting homeports to Naval Station San Diego, CA.
    US Navy photo # 060814-N-2716P-028 Yokosuka August 14, 2006 by MC1 Paul J. Phelps, USN.         		Robert M. Cieri
    Frank Cable 429k USS Frank Cable (AS-40) departs, 14 August 2006, from Commander Fleet Activities Yokosuka (CFAY), Yokosuka, Japan, after a routine port visit, 14 August 2006.
    US Navy photo # 060814-N-2716P-072 (Aug. 14, 2006) by MC1 Paul J. Phelps, USN.         		Bill Gonyo
    Frank Cable 429k USS Frank Cable (AS-40) tends deployed submarines USS Honolulu (SSN-718) and USS La Jolla (SSN-701) while anchored in Hong Kong Harbor. The tender's presence made it possible for the two submarines to make a port visit to the Asian metropolis as United States submarines cannot moor to the mainland. This is one of the last Western Pacific port visits Honolulu will make before returning to Bremerton, Wash., to begin decommissioning.
    US Navy photo # 061007-N-3228J-002 Hong Kong (Oct. 7, 2006) by MC1 Jeremy Johnson, USN.    		 Bill Gonyo
    Frank Cable 110k USS Frank Cable (AS-40) moored at Vladivostok, Russia, circa May 2007.  
    Frank Cable 3716k USS Frank Cable (AS-40) tends the Virginia-class attack submarine USS Hawaii (SSN 776). Hawaii is the first Virginia-class attack submarine to be moored outboard of a submarine tender. Frank Cable conducts maintenance and support of submarines and surface vessels deployed in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility.
    US Navy photo # 101230-N-8423B-015 POLARIS POINT, Guam (Dec. 30, 2010) by MC2 Catherine Bland.    		 Lee Wahler
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