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ARS-19 Cable


Flag Hoist/International Radio Call Sign:
November - India - Xray - Oscar
NIXO
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Navy Unit Commendation - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (3) - World War II Victory Medal - Philippines Liberation Medal (2)
Diver Class Rescue and Salvage Ship:
  • Laid down, 24 November 1942, at Basalt Rock Co., Napa, CA.
  • Launched, 1 April 1943
  • Commissioned USS Cable (ARS-19), 6 March 1944, LCDR. H. Pond, USNR, in command
  • During World War II Cable was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaigns:
    Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
    Campaign and Dates Campaign and Dates
    Leyte operation
    Leyte landings, October and November 1944     		Luzon operation
    Lingayen Gulf landings, December 1944 to January 1945
    Borneo operation
    Balikpapan operation, July 1945     		.

  • Decommissioned, 15 September 1947, at Boston, MA. and loaned for commercial service
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 15 April 1977
  • Final Disposition, sunk as a target, 7 August 1978, by Valdez (FF-1096)
  • Cable earned the Navy Unit Commendation and three battle stars for World War II service
    Specifications:
    Displacement 1,630 t.
    Length 213' 6"
    Beam 39'
    Draft 14' 4"
    Speed 15 kts.
    Complement 120
    Armament
    two single 40mm AA gun mounts
    four .50 cal machine guns
    Propulsion diesel-electric, twin screws, 2,780hp
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    Cable 25k Cable , moored pierside, circa 1944, location unknown.
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    National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors
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