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AV-13 Salisbury Sound

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Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Navy Unit Commendation
Second Row - China Service Medal (extended) - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal
Third Row - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - National Defense Service Medal
Fourth Row - Korean Service Medal - Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (14) - Vietnam Service Medal (2)
Fifth Row - Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross Unit Citation - United Nations Service Medal - Republic of Korea War Service Medal (retroactive)
Currituck Class Seaplane Tender:
  • Laid down, 10 April 1943, at Todd Shipyard Corp., San Pedro, CA., as Puget Sound
  • Launched, 18 January 1944
  • Renamed Salisbury Sound, 5 June 1944
  • Commissioned USS Salisbury Sound (AV-13), 26 November 1945, CAPT. Doyle G. Donaho in command
  • Decommissioned, 31 March 1967
  • Struck from the Naval Register, (date unknown)
  • Transferred to the Maritime Administration, 3 July 1968, for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Olympia WA.
  • Final Disposition, sold for scrapping by MARAD, 7 February 1972, to Ziddell Explorations Inc., Portland, OR.
    Specifications:
    Displacement 9,090 t.(lt) 13,635 t.(fl)
    Length 640' 5"
    Beam 69' 3"
    Draft 22' 3"
    Speed 19 kts.
    Complement 684
    Armament four single 5"/38 gun mounts, four quad 40mm gun mounts, twenty 20mm guns
    Propulsion steam turbines, four boilers, two shafts, 12,000hp
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    Salisbury Sound 52k Salisbury Sound (AV-13) at anchor, date and place unknown.
    US Navy photo.         		Hazegray & Underway Web Site
    Salisbury Sound 42k Salisbury Sound (AV-13) at anchor, place unknown, circa 1960s.
    US Navy photo         		Hazegray & Underway Web Site
    Salisbury Sound 56k Salisbury Sound (AV-13) at anchor in San Diego Bay, date unknown. Note the "trailer hitch" at the stern of the ship which was use to attach a float support system for the beaching gear for the canceled R3Y "Trade Wind." The float system was tethered together into an "L" shape to form a floating dock for crews to move easily from plane to ship and back thus, saving transient time to and from the seaplane anchorage.
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    Salisbury Sound 31k Salisbury Sound (AV-13) underway, date and place unknown.
    US Navy photo         		Hyperwar US Navy in WWII
    Salisbury Sound 22k Salisbury Sound (AV-13) at anchor, date and place unknown.
    US Navy photo         		Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
    Salisbury Sound 63k Salisbury Sound (AV-13) at anchor in Buckner Bay, Okinawa, in March 1955.. Photo by Robert Otten AT2 V3 div. USS Salsbury Sound
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    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
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