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ARS-23 Deliver

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons






Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (27-28FEB68)
Second Row - Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation (2) - China Service Medal (extended) - American Campaign Medal
Third Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)
Fourth Row - National Defense Service Medal (2) - Korean Service Medal (3) - Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (1-Op. Frequent Wind)
Fifth Row - Vietnam Service Medal (9) - Humanitarian Service Medal (Frequent Wind) - Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross Unit Citation (3)
Sixth Row - United Nations Service Medal - Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal - Republic of Korea War Service Medal (retroactive)
Diver Class Rescue and Salvage Ship:
  • Laid down (date unknown) at Basalt Rock Co. Inc., Napa, CA.
  • Launched, 25 September 1943
  • Commissioned USS Deliver (ARS-23), 14 July 1944
  • During the World War II Deliver (ARS-23) participated in the:
    Okinawa Gunto operation
    1 May to 30 June 1945
  • During the Korean War Deliver (ARS-23) participated in the following campaigns:
    Korean War Campaigns
    Campaigns and Dates Campaigns and Dates
    UN Summer-Fall Offensive
    21 July1951
    17 August to 7 September 1951
    13 September 1951
    21 September 1951
    9 to 27 October 1951
    4 to 21 November 1951     		Korea, Summer-Fall 1953
    21 to 24 May 1953
    9 June to 3 July 1953
    21 to 27 July 1953
    Second Korean Winter
    22 to 29 November 1951
    2 to 7 December 1951
    1 to 19 January 1952     		.

  • During the Vietnam War Deliver (ARS-23) participated in the following campaigns:
    Vietnam War Campaigns
    Campaigns and Dates Campaigns and Dates
    Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase II
    24 July to 25 August 1966     		Sanctuary Counteroffensive
    29 May to 11 June 1970
    Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase III
    26 December 1967 to 24 January 1968     		Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase VII
    6 July to 5 August 1970
    19 August to 3 September 1970
    5 to 24 October 1970
    Tet Counteroffensive
    26 February to 29 March 1968     		Consolidation I
    29 to 30 November 1971
    Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase IV
    21 April to 23 May 1968
    24 May -MAY to 10 June 1968     		Consolidation II
    30 January to 12 March 1972
    Vietnam Summer-Fall 1969
    10 to 25 August 1969     		.

  • Decommissioned (date unknown)
  • Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown)
  • Sold to South Korea under the Security Assistance Program, 1 August 1979
  • Current Disposition, active in South Korean Navy
  • Deliver received one battle star for World War II service and three battle stars for Korean War service and nine campaign stars for Vietnam War service
    Specifications:
    Displacement 1,530 t.(lt).1,900 t.(fl)
    Length 213' 5"
    Beam 39'
    Draft 14' 8"
    Speed 12 kts.
    Complement 120
    Armament three twin 40mm gun mounts, reduced to one single 40mm gun mount, during 1963-64 overhaul, four .50 cal machine guns, removed during1963-64 overhaul
    Propulsion two 6-cylinder Cooper Bessemerr GSB-8 diesel-electric engines, twin screws, 2,780hp
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    Deliver 64k Deliver (ARS-23) underway, date and place unknown. Submitted by Bill Bach to National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors
    Deliver 67k Bow on view of Deliver (ARS-23) departing Navy Yard Mare Island, 25 March 1946.
    Navy Yard Mare Island photo # 1205-46.    		 Darryl Baker
    Deliver 94k Broadside view of Deliver (ARS-23) departing Navy Yard Mare Island, 25 March 1946. Deliver was in overhaul at Navy Yard Mare Island from 28 February to 8 April 1946.
    Navy Yard Mare Island photo # 1203-46.    		 Darryl Baker
    Deliver 54k Stern view of Deliver (ARS-23) departing Navy Yard Mare Island, 25 March 1946.
    Navy Yard Mare Island photo # 1201-46.    		 Darryl Baker
    Deliver 126k Forward plan view of Deliver (ARS-23) at Navy Yard Mare Island, 17 October 1946. Deliver was under repair at Navy Yard Mare Island from 9 October 1946 to 2 January 1947.
    Navy Yard Mare Island photo # 3612-46.    		 Darryl Baker
    Deliver 55k Deliver (ARS-23) with Apogon (SS-308) alongside, date and place unknown. Submitted by Bill Bach to National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors
    Deliver 22k Deliver (ARS-23) underway, date and place unknown. Submitted by Dennis Stephenson to National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors
    Deliver 98k Deliver (ARS-23) pierside, October 1960, Pearl Harbor, H.I. Charles Tremblay EN2 USN USS Sunnadin
    Deliver 45k Deliver (ARS-23) underway, date and place unknown. Tom Langford
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    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center web site
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S.Navy Memorial Foundation
    Fleet Reserve Association
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors
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