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USS Kenneth Whiting (AV-14)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Alpha - Whiskey - Golf NAWG

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - China Service Medal (extended) - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (2)
Second Row - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - National Defense Service Medal
Third Row - Korean Service Medal - United Nations Service Medal - Republic of Korea War Service Medal (retroactive)
Personnel Awards

Purple Heart (5 on 21 June 1945 at Okinawa)

Kenneth Whiting Class Seaplane Tender:

Laid down (date unknown) as a Maritime Commission type (C3 hull) at Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Co., Seattle, WA.

Launched, 15 December 1943

Commissioned USS Kenneth Whiting (AV-14), 8 May 1944, CDR. R. R. Lyons in command

During World War II USS Kenneth Whiting was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaign:

**Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns**
Campaign and Dates	Campaign and Dates
Marianas operation Neutralization of Japanese Bases in the Bonins, Marianas, and western Pacific, 14 to 27 August 1944	Okinawa Gunto operation Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 25 April to 30 June 1945

Decommissioned, 29 May 1947, at San Pedro, CA.

Recommissioned, 24 October 1951, at San Diego, CA.

Decommissioned, 30 September 1958, at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, WA.

Stuck from the Naval Register, 1 July 1961

Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 21 February 1962, to Union Minerals and Alloys Corp

USS Kenneth Whiting received two battle stars for World War II

Specifications:
Displacement 8,510 t.(lt) 12,610 t.(fl)
Length 492'
Beam 69' 5"
Draft 22'
Speed 18.7 kts.
Complement 1,077
Armament

two single 5"/38 gun mounts

two quad 40mm AA gun mounts

two dual 40mm AA gun mounts

sixteen single 20mm AA gun mounts
Propulsion steam turbine, two boilers, one shaft, 8,500hp

Size	Image Description	Contributed By
	*Namesake* CDR Kenneth Whiting, photographed aboard *USS Saratoga* (CV-3)** while serving as her executive officer, 1927 to 1929. US Navy Historical Center photo	Fabio Peña
38k	*USS Kenneth Whiting* (AV-14)** underway, date and location unknown. Note she is painted in camouflage scheme Measure 32/8x. US Navy photo	Haze Gray & Underway
23k	*USS Kenneth Whiting* (AV-14)** at anchor, circa 1943, location unknown. Note she is painted in camouflage scheme Measure 32/8x.	.
48k	*USS Kenneth Whiting* (AV-14)** underway, circa 1950s location unknown US Navy photo	Haze Gray & Underway
60k	*USS Kenneth Whiting* (AV-14)** underway in th harbor at Sidney, Australia, date unknown. US Navy photo	Hyperwar US Navy in WWII

View the USS Kenneth Whiting (AV-14)
DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S.Navy Memorial Foundation
Fleet Reserve Association

2009 Reunion Information
Place: Tucson, AZ. Date: 3 to 5 May 2009 Contact: Bob Shelnutt Address: 1458 Country Squire Dr.. Decatur, GA. 30033 Phone: (404)-372-4708 E-mail: USS Kenneth Whiting (AV-14) 2009 Reunion

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Last Updated 29 August 2008