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Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns |
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Campaign and Dates | Campaign and Dates |
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New Georgia Group operation
New Georgia-Rendova-Vangunu occupation, 17 July 1943 | Marshall Islands operation
Occupation of Eniwetok Atoll, 26 February 1944 |
Action off Vanikoro, 17 to 21 July 1943 | Consolidation of Solomon Islands
Consolidation of northern Solomon Islands, April to July 1944 |
Treasury-Bougainville operation
Supporting air actions, 27 October 1943 to 1 May 1944 | Iwo Jima operation
Assault and occupation of Iwo Jima, 19 February to 16 March 1945 |
Navy Occupation Service Medal |
China Service Medal (extended) |
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23 October to 2 November 1945 | 3 November 1945 to 17 March 1946 |
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31k | Launch of Chincoteague (AVP-24), 15 April 1942, at Lake Washington Shipyard, Houghton, WA. | Ron Reeves | |
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352k | Bomb damage diagram of USS Chincoteague (AVP-24) suffered on 17 July 1943 at Saboe Bay off the Santa Cruz Islands. Navy Department Library, USS Chincoteague (AVP-24) War Damage Report No. 47. Plate I |
Mike Green | |
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403k | Bomb damage and flooding diagram of USS Chincoteague (AVP-24) suffered on 17 July 1943 at Saboe Bay off the Santa Cruz Islands. Navy Department Library, USS Chincoteague (AVP-24) War Damage Report No. 47. Plate II |
Mike Green | |
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412k | Section damage diagram of USS Chincoteague (AVP-24)17 July 1943 after one bomb direct hit and three near misses at Saboe Bay off the Santa Cruz Islands. Navy Department Library, USS Chincoteague (AVP-24) War Damage Report No. 47. Plate III |
Mike Green | |
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75k | Port side view of USS Chincoteague (AVP-24) at Mare Island Navy Yard showing near miss bomb locations from 17 July 1943. Navy Department Library, USS Chincoteague (AVP-24) War Damage Report No. 47. |
Mike Green | |
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85k | Bomb fragment holes and water column damage from bomb No. 2 on the port side of USS Chincoteague (AVP-24) as seen in Mare Island Navy Yard dry-dock. Navy Department Library, USS Chincoteague (AVP-24) War Damage Report No. 47. |
Mike Green | |
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70k | Shell indentation from near miss bomb explosion of bomb No. 4 to USS Chincoteague (AVP-24) and superstructure damage from water geyser as seen in Mare Island Navy Yard dry-dock. Navy Department Library, USS Chincoteague (AVP-24) War Damage Report No. 47. |
Mike Green | |
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81k | Shell damage from near miss bomb explosion of bomb No. 4 to USS Chincoteague (AVP-24) and superstructure damage from water geyser as seen in Mare Island Navy Yard dry-dock. Navy Department Library, USS Chincoteague (AVP-24) War Damage Report No. 47. |
Mike Green | |
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90k | Superstructure deck bomb No.3 initial impact location on USS Chincoteague (AVP-24) showing bomb hole section. Navy Department Library, USS Chincoteague (AVP-24) War Damage Report No. 47. |
Mike Green | |
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71k | Path of direct bomb hit No.3 through superstructure and main deck of USS Chincoteague (AVP-24). Navy Department Library, USS Chincoteague (AVP-24) War Damage Report No. 47. |
Mike Green | |
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129k | Aft plan view of USS Chincoteague (AVP-24) at Mare Island Navy Yard, 15 December 1943. Chincoteague was in overhaul at Mare Island from 4 September to 30 December 1943. The covered lighter alongside is YF-535. USS Cony (DD-508) and USS Thatcher (DD-514) are berthed at the next pier over, while USS Trepang (SS-412) is on the building ways in the far background. US Navy photo # NH 97707 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center. |
Darryl Baker | |
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108k | Forward plan view of USS Chincoteague (AVP-24) at Mare Island Navy Yard, 15 December 1943. Navy Yard Mare Island photo # 8282 |
Darryl Baker | |
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150k | Port side amidships view of USS Chincoteague (AVP-24) at Mare Island Navy Yard, 15 December 1943 while completing repairs to severe battle damage incurred in July 1943. Significant changes, mostly to the anti-aircraft armament, boat stowage, and electronic antennas, are circled. The nearest destroyer in the background is USS Thatcher (DD-514). US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 97708, a US Navy Bureau of Ships photo now in the collections of the US Naval History and Heritage Command. |
Robert Hurst | |
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93k | Bow on view of USS Chincoteague (AVP-24) off Mare Island Navy Yard, 27 December 1943. US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 97710, a US Navy Bureau of Ships photo now in the collections of the US Naval History and Heritage Command. |
Robert Hurst | |
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79k | Broadside view of USS Chincoteague (AVP-24) off Mare Island Navy Yard, 27 December 1943. Navy Yard Mare Island photo # 8427 |
Darryl Baker | |
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65k | USS Chincoteague (AVP-24) off Mare Island Navy Yard, 27 December 1943, following repairs to severe battle damage incurred in July 1943. One of the four 5"/38 guns in her original armament has been replaced by a quadruple 40mm mount. US National Archives photo # 19-N-57482. A US Navy photo from the Bureau of Ships Collection now in the US National Archives |
US Naval Historical Center | |
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83k | USS Chincoteague (AVP-24) off Mare Island Navy Yard, 27 December 1943, following repairs to severe battle damage incurred in July 1943. One of the four 5"/38 guns in her original armament has been replaced by a quadruple 40mm mount. US National Archives photo # 19-N-57483. A US Navy photo from the Bureau of Ships Collection now in the US National Archives |
US Naval Historical Center | |
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73k | Stern view of USS Chincoteague (AVP-24) departing Mare Island Navy Yard, 27 December 1943. Navy Yard Mare Island photo # 8429 |
Darryl Baker | |
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116k | USS Chincoteague (AVP-24) mid-1945 following a West Coast overhaul. Her quadruple 40mm mount has been moved forward, but she retains an unshielded 5"/38 gun on the fantail. US National Archives photo # 19-N-88911. A US Navy photo from the Bureau of Ships Collection now in the US National Archives |
US Naval Historical Center | |
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152k | USS Chincoteague (AVP-24), mid-1945 following a West Coast overhaul. Her quadruple 40mm mount has been moved forward, but she retains an unshielded 5"/38 gun on the fantail. US National Archives photo # 19-N-88909. A US Navy photo from the Bureau of Ships Collection now in the US National Archives |
US Naval Historical Center | |
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32k | Ex USS Chincoteague (AVP-24) in US Coast Guard service as USCGC Chincoteague (WAVP-375), date and location unknown. | Ken Laesser | |
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53k | USCGC Chincoteague (WAVP-375), off Norfolk, VA. in 1954. | Stanley Svec | |
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46k | USCGC Chincoteague (WAVP-375), date and location unknown. | Haze Gray & Underway Web Site | |
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110k | USCGC Chincoteague (WAVP-375) on fire, 26 January 1961. US Coast Guard photo. |
Ron Reeves | |
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45k | USCGC Chincoteague (WAVP-375) in 1964, date unknown. US Coast Guard photo |
US Coast Guard Historian's Office | |
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52k | USCGC Chincoteague (WHEC-375) in 1968, date unknown. US Coast Guard photo |
US Coast Guard Historian's Office | |
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60k | Ex-USCGC Chincoteague (WHEC-375), in South Vietnamese naval service as RVNS Ly Thuong Kiet (HQ-16) moored pierside, date and location unknown. | Bang Le | |
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28k | RVNS Ly Thuong Kiet (HQ-16) under way, date and location unknown. | Bang Le | |
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35k | Ex-USCGC Chincoteague (WHEC-375) under3 way in Manila Bay,, while in Philippine naval service as RPS Andres Bonifacto (PF-7) | Haze Gray & Underway Web Site |
Commanding Officers | ||
01 | CDR. Hobbs, Ira Earl | 12 April 1943 - 14 October 1943 |
02 | CDR. Rasasco, Robert A. | 14 October 1943 - 21 January 1945 |
03 | CDR. Smith, James Arthur | 21 January 1945 - ? |
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