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AV-17 Cumberland Sound

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November - Alpha - Uniform - Whiskey
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 - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)
Kenneth Whiting Class Seaplane Tender:
  • Laid down, date unknown, at Todd Pacific Shipyards, Inc., Tacoma, WA.
  • Launched, 11 January 1944
  • Commissioned USS Cumberland Sound (AV-17), 21 August 1944, CAPT. E. Grant in command
  • Following World War II Cumberland Sound performed occupation duty in the Far East until 24 November 1945
  • Decommissioned, 27 May 1947, at San Diego, CA.
  • Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, San Diego Group
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 1 July 1961
  • Transferred to the Maritime Administration, 23 April 1962, for disposal
  • Sold to National Metal & Steel Corp, 23 April 1962
  • Converted to a cargo barge in June 1964
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    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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    Cumberland Sound 131k Cumberland Sound (AV-17) underway off the US Pacific coast during her shakedown period, 20 September 1944. Note she is painted camouflage scheme 32/8Ax .
    US Navy photo # NH 55532 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center.    		 US Naval Historical Center
    Cumberland Sound 70k Cumberland Sound (AV-17) underway, date and location unknown. Cumberland Sound wears camouflage scheme 32/8Ax in this photo.
    US Navy photo    		 Haze Gray & Underway
    Cumberland Sound 33k Cumberland Sound (AV-17) underway, date and location unknown. Cumberland Sound wears camouflage scheme 32/8Ax in this photo. Hyperwar US Navy in WWII
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    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval historical Center
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
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    Fleet Reserve Association
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