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USS Pocomoke (AV-9)

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Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Defense Service Medal (with Fleet clasp) - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (2) - World War II Victory Medal - Philippines Liberation Medal
Pocomoke Class Seaplane Tender:
  • Laid down, 14 August 1939, as SS Exchequer, a Maritime Commission type (C3) hull under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 64) at Ingalls Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Pascagoula, MS.
  • Launched, 8 June 1940
  • Acquired by the US Navy, 16 October 1940
  • Commissioned USS Pocomoke (AV-9), 18 July 1941, CDR. L. T. Hundt in command
  • Decommissioned, 10 July 1946, at Philadelphia, PA.
  • Laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Philadelphia Group
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 1 June 1961
  • Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 12 December 1961, to Union Minerals and Alloys Corp
  • USS Pocomoke received two battle stars for World War II Service
    Specifications:
    Displacement 8,950 t.(lt) 14,129 t.(fl)
    Length 492'
    Beam 69' 6"
    Draft 21' 2"
    Speed 18.4 kts. (trial)
    Complement (Total Accommodations)
    Officers - 120
    Enlisted - 955
    Largest Boom Capacity 22 t.
    Armament
    one single 5"/38 cal dual purpose gun mounts
    four single 3"/50 cal dual purpose gun mounts
    four twin 40mm AA gun mounts
    Fuel Capacities
    NSFO - 8,865 Bbls
    Diesel - 1,650 Bbls
    Gasoline - 291,920 Gals
    Propulsion
    one General Electric turbine
    two Foster and Wheeler D-type boilers, 465psi 765°
    double General Electric Main Reduction Gear
    two turbo-drive 300Kw 120V/240V D.C.
    two Diesel-drive 500Kw 120V/240V D.C.
    single propeller, 8,500shp
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    Pocomoke 60k American Export Line's SS Exchequer underway, circa 1960, location unknown. Robert Hurst
    USS Pokomoke (AV-9)
    Pocomoke 71k USS Pocomoke (AV-9) underway apparently during acceptance trials circa late 1940-early 1941. Note the absence of guns and the incomplete aft crane assembly.
    US Navy photo    		 Ron Titus
    Pocomoke 65k USS Pocomoke (AV-9) underway, date and location unknown.
    US Navy photo    		 Haze & Underway web site
    Pocomoke 38k USS Pocomoke (AV-9) lifting a P5 Mariner onto her maintenance deck
    US Navy photo    		 .
    Pocomoke 32k USS Pocomoke (AV-9) underway, date and location unknown.
    US Navy photo    		 Hyperwar US Navy in WWII
    Pocomoke 58k USS Pocomoke (AV-9) underway, 3 February 1943, location unknown. Note that her maintenance deck is crowded with single engine fighters.
    US Navy photo    		 Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
    Pocomoke 57k USS Pocomoke (AV-9) (stern view) at anchor off San Francisco, 6 May 1943.
    Navy Yard Mare Island photo # 3305-43.    		 Darryl Baker
    Pocomoke 76k USS Pocomoke (AV-9) (broadside view) at anchor off San Francisco, 6 May 1943.
    Navy Yard Mare Island photo # 3309-43.    		 Darryl Baker
    Pocomoke 63k USS Pocomoke (AV-9) (bows on view) at anchor off San Francisco, 6 May 1943.
    Navy Yard Mare Island photo # 3593-43.    		 Darryl Baker
    Pocomoke 95k USS Pocomoke (AV-9) at anchor off San Francisco, 6 May 1943.
    US Navy photo from the collections of the US Navy History and Heritage Command    		 Robert Hurst
    Pocomoke 124k Amidship looking aft plan view of USS Pocomoke (AV-9) at Navy Yard Mare Island, 17 January 1945. The yard dredge Endicott (YM-12) is aft of Pocomoke while a self-propelled covered lighter (possibly one of the 220 footers which were numbered YF-1054 to YF-1078) is at the opposite side of the next pier. The barracks ship YHB-2 (ex Port of Stockton) is in the far background.
    Navy Yard Mare Island photo # 443-45.    		 Darryl Baker
    Pocomoke 164k Amidship looking forward plan view of USS Pocomoke (AV-9) at Navy Yard Mare Island, 17 January 1945. Pokomoke was in overhaul at Mare Island from 16 December 1944 to 22 January 1945.
    Navy Yard Mare Island photo # 446-45.    		 Darryl Baker
    View the Photos from the Collection of Anthony Martiliano MoMM2/c USS Pocomoke
    View the USS Pocomoke (AV-9)
    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
    Fleet Reserve Association
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
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