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USS St George (AV-16)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Alpha - Zulu - Oscar
 NAZO
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 (1) - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)
Personnel Awards

Purple Hearts (3-KIA 5 May 1945, Okinawa)

USS St. George (AV-16) was transferred to Italy renamed Andrea Bafile (A5314)
Kenneth Whiting Class Seaplane Tender:
  • Laid down, date unknown, at Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corp. Inc., Tacoma, WA.
  • Launched, 14 February 1944
  • Commissioned USS St George (AV-16), 24 July 1944, CAPT. Robert G. Armstrong USN in command
  • During World War II USS St. George was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaign:
    Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
    Campaign and Dates
    Okinawa Gunto operation
    Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 28 March to 30 June 1945
  • Following World War II St. George performed occupation duty in the Far East
  • Decommissioned, 1 August 1946, at San Diego, CA.
  • Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, San Diego, CA.
  • Struck from the Navy Register, 1 July 1963 and simultaneously transferred to the Maritime Administration's National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay, Benecia, CA.
  • Reacquired by the Navy, 11 December 1968
  • Sold to Italy, renamed Andrea Bafile (A5314)
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
  • USS St. George received one battle star for her World War II service
    Specifications:
    Displacement 8,510 t.(lt) 12,610 t.(fl) 14,000 t.(lim)
    Length 492'
    Beam 69' 6"
    Draft 22'
    Speed 18.7 kts.
    Complement
    Officers 113
    Enlisted 964
    Largest Boom Capacity 20 t.
    Armament
    two single 5"/38 dual purpose gun mounts
    two quad 40mm AA gun mounts
    two tw8h 40mm AA gun mounts
    sixteen single 20mm AA gun mounts
    Fuel Capacities
    NSFO 9,675Bbls
    Diesel 760Bbls
    Gasoline 312,475Gals
    Propulsion
    one Allis Chalmers steam turbine
    two Foster and Wheeler D-type boilers, 465psi 765°
    double "Falk Main Reduction Gear
    three turbo-drive Ship's Service Generators, 500Kw 450V A.C.
    one propeller, 8,500hp
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    USS St. George (AV-16)
    St George 434k USS St. George (AV-16) commissioning ceremony, 24 July 1944, at Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corp. Inc., Tacoma, WA. Note USS YMS-479 moored astern of St. George.
    US Navy photo    		 David Buell
    St George 242k Aboard USS St. George (AV-16), probably CAPT. Robert G. Armstrong USN with an unidentified Rear Admiral, date and location unknown..
    US Navy photo    		 David Buell
    St George 94k Stern view of USS St. George (AV-16) underway in Puget Sound, 31 July 1944, one week after commissioning. She is newly painted camouflage scheme Measure 32 Design 8x.
    U.S. National Archives Photo # unknown, from record group RG-19-LCM, a US Navy Bureau of Ships photo now in the collections of the US National Archives.    		 Robert Hurst
    St George 935k Broadside view of USS St. George (AV-16) at anchor, probably soon after commissioning. She is newly painted camouflage scheme Measure 32 Design 8x.
    US Navy photo    		 David Buell
    St George 671k Starboard bow view of USS St. George (AV-16) at anchor, probably soon after commissioning. She is newly painted camouflage scheme Measure 32 Design 8x.
    US Navy photo    		 David Buell
    St George 107k USS St. George (AV-16) underway, date and location unknown. Her camouflage scheme is 32/8x.
    US Navy photo    		 Haze Gray & Underway
    Andrea Bafile (A5314)
    St George 57k Ex-USS St. George (AV-16) underway, date and location unknown, while in Italian naval service as Andrea Bafile (A5314). Hazegray & Underway
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    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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