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USS Chandeleur (AV-10)


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Alpha - Oscar - Xray
 NAOX
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (5) - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)
Chandeleur Class Seaplane Tender:
  • Laid down, 29 May 1941, as a Maritime Commission type (C3-S-A2) hull under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 172) at Western Pipe and Steel Co., San Francisco, CA.
  • Launched, 29 November 1941
  • Commissioned USS Chandeleur (AV-10), 19 November 1942, CAPT. W. Sinton in command
  • Decommissioned, 12 February 1947, at Philadelphia, PA.
  • Laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Philadelphia, PA.
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 1 April 1971
  • Final Disposition, scrapped in 1971
  • USS Chandeleur received five battle stars for World War II service
    Specifications:
    Displacement 5,300 t.(lt) 13,700 t.(fl)
    Length 492'
    Beam 69' 6"
    Draft 23' 9"
    Speed 18 kts.
    Complement 1,075
    Armament
    one single 5"/38 dual purpose gun mount
    four single 3"/50 dual purpose gun mounts
    four dual 40mm AA gun mounts
    fifteen single 20mm AA gun mounts
    Propulsion steam turbine, two boilers, single shaft, 9,350hp
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    Chandeleur 44k USS Chandeleur (AV-10) underway, date and location unknown. Haze & Underway web site
    Chandeleur 37k USS Chandeleur (AV-10) underway, date and location unknown.
    US Navy photo    		 US Naval Historical Center
    Chandeleur 94k USS Chandeleur (AV-10) (forward plan view) moored pierside at San Francisco, 18 May 1943.
    Navy Yard Mare Island photo # 3687-43, 5/18/43.    		 Darryl Baker
    Chandeleur 88k USS Chandeleur (AV-10) (aft plan view) moored pierside at San Francisco, 18 May 1943.
    Navy Yard Mare Island photo # 3688-43, 5/18/43.    		 Darryl Baker
    Chandeleur 25k USS Chandeleur (AV-10) underway, date and location unknown. Photo source "Jane's Fighting Ships 1968-69." Robert Hurst
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    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center web site
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information Web Sites
    U.S.Navy Memorial Foundation
    Fleet Reserve Association
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    US Navy Patrol Squadrons - USS Chandeleur (AV-10)
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