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AV-16 St George

Flag Hoist/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 ITS 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 St. George was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaign:
  • 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 ITS Andrea Bafile (A5314)
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
  • St. George received one battle star for her World War II service
    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 dual purpose 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.
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    USS St. George (AV-16)
    St George 434k St. George (AV-16) commissioning ceremony, 24 July 1944, at Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corp. Inc., Tacoma, WA. Note YMS-479 moored astern of St. George.
    US Navy photo    		 David Buell
    St George 242k Aboard 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 935k Broadside view of 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 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 St. George (AV-16) underway, date and location unknown. Her camouflage scheme is 32/8x.
    US Navy photo    		 Haze Gray & Underway
    ITS Andrea Bafile (A5314)
    St George 57k Ex-St. George (AV-16) underway, date and location unknown, while in Italian naval service as ITS Andrea Bafile (A5314). Hazegray & Underway web site
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    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
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