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NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive

Wright AZ-1
Wright AV-1
San Clemente AG-79

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Defense Campaign Medal
Second Row - China Service Medal (extended) - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (2)
Third Row - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - Philippines Liberation Medal

Wright Class Aircraft Tender:

Laid down under USSB contract (hull 680) at American International Shipbuilding Corp, Hog Island, PA

Named Wright, 20 April 1920

Launched, 28 April 1920

Fitted out by Tiejten and Lang Dry Dock Co., Hoboken NJ, as a Lighter-than-Air Aircraft Tender

Commissioned USS Wright (AZ-1), 16 December 1921, Capt. Alfred W. Johnson, in command

Reclassified Heavier-than-Air Aircraft Tender (AV-1), 2 December 1926

Reclassified Miscellaneous Auxiliary (AG-79), 1 October 1944

Renamed USS San Clemente (AG-79), 1 February 1945

Decommissioned, 21 June 1946, at New York Naval Shipyard, Brooklyn, N.Y.

Struck from the Naval Register, 1 July 1946

Transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal, 21 September 1946

Final Disposition, sold by the Maritime Commission for scrapping, 19 August 1948

Wright (AV-1) earned two battle stars for her World War II service

Specifications:
Displacement 11,500 t.(fl)
Length 448'
Beam 58'
Draft 23' (mean)
Speed 15 kts. (max.)
Complement 228
Armament

two 5"/38 dual purpose gun mounts

two 3"/50 dual purpose gun mounts

two machine guns Propulsion steam

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By
Wright (AZ-1)
	54k	Wright (AZ-1), port broadside view, date and place unknown. US Navy photo	Submitted by Elaine C. Witty, Charpentier, photo from the collection of Gerald M. Charpentier
Wright (AV-1)
	69k	Wright (AV-1) transiting the Panama Canal, date unknown.	.
	30k	Wright (AV-1) underway, date and place unknown	.
	30k	Wright (AV-1) underway, date and place unknown	.
	62k	Wright (AV-1), starboard aerial view US National Archives photo # 80-G-463531, US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives	Ray Meiser
	71k	Holland (AS-3) anchored in San Diego Bay, with Wright (AV-1) and Langley (CV-1) moored pierside at NAS North Island in the background, circa 1931-32. Photo by Teddy Krueger, USS Holland.	Rick Larson, MMCM(SS) Ret.
	55k	Wright (AV-1) anchored at Sitka, AK., circa 26 July to 5 August 1936.	Photo by Albert Weigandt F1/c USS Wright 1936-38 Courtesy James Card QMC USN
	58k	Wright (AV-1) tending a seaplane at Guantanemo Bay, Cuba, circa 5 February to 23 February 1937.	Photo by Albert Weigandt F1/c USS Wright 1936-38 Courtesy James Card QMC USN
	67k	Wright (AV-1) at anchor, circa 1936 to 1938.	James D. Card QMC for his Grandfather Albert Weigandt F1/c USS Wright 1936-38
	33k	Wright (AV-1) and Ranger (CV-4) moored at NAS North Island in San Diego bay, circa 1936-38.	Photo by Albert Weigandt F1/c USS Wright 1936-38 Courtesy James Card QMC USN.
	36k	Wright (AV-1), at anchor, overhead view, date and place unknown.	Bill Koonts AT2 VP56 1953-56
	60k	Wright (AV-1) at anchor, date and place unknown. Photo by Albert Weigandt F1/c USS Wright 1936-38	Courtesy James Card QMC USN.
	14k	Wright (AV-1) at anchor, date and place unknown.	Russ Padden
	37k	Wright (AV-1) underway, circa 1937, place unknown.	Robert Hurst
	91k	Wright (AV-1) (aft plan view) in a San Francisco shipyard, while conducting inclining experiments, 13 June 1943. Navy Yard Mare Island photo # 4348-43, 6/13/43	Darryl Baker
	125k	Wright (AV-1) (amidships plan view) at San Francisco shipyard, 13 June 1943. Navy Yard Mare Island photo # 4346-43, 6/13/43	Darryl Baker
	124k	Wright (AV-1) (aft plan view) at San Francisco shipyard, 8 July 1943. Navy Yard Mare Island photo # 5000-43, 7/8/43	Darryl Baker
	174k	Wright (AV-1) (amidships looking aft plan view) at San Francisco shipyard, 8 July 1943. Navy Yard Mare Island photo # 5001-43, 7/8/43	Darryl Baker
	54k	Wright (AV-1) (stern view) underway off Alameda CA, 13 July 1943. Navy Yard Mare Island photo # 5117-43, 7/13/43	Darryl Baker
	53k	Wright (AV-1) (broadside view) underway off Alameda CA, 13 July 1943. Navy Yard Mare Island photo # 5119-43, 7/13/43	Darryl Baker
Wright / San Clemente (AG-79)
	319k	Wright (AG-79) crew photo, date unknown. Photo is believed to have been taken prior to name change to San Clemente (AG-79).	Ray Meiser contributed this photo. His father, Gaelen George Meiser, was a crew member in Wright at the time of the name change
	50k	San Clemente (AG-79) moored to a buoy at Shanghai, China, March 1946.	Warren Walker, EM3/c USS San Clemente