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USS Castle Rock (AVP-35
USCGC Castle Rock (WAVP-383 WHEC-383)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Bravo - Zulu - Foxtrot NBZF

USS Castle Rock (AVP-35) Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
USCGC Castle Rock (WHEC-383) Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (21 December 1971)
Second Row - Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation - National Defense Service Medal - Vietnam Service Medal (2)
Third Row - Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross Unit Citation (2) - Republic of Vietnam Civil Actions Unit Citation - Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal

USCGC Castle Rock (WHEC-383) was transferred to South Vietnam and renamed RVNS Tran Binh Trong (HQ-5), acquired by the Philippines at the end of the Vietnam War and renamed BRP Francisco Dagahoy (PF-10)

Barnegat Class Small Seaplane Tender:

Laid down, 12 July 1943, at Lake Washington Shipyards, Houghton, WA.

Launched, 11 March 1944

Commissioned, USS Castle Rock (AVP-35), 8 October 1944, CDR. G. S. James, Jr., in command

Decommissioned, 6 August 1946, at San Francisco, CA.

Loaned to the US Coast Guard, 16 September 1946

Commissioned, USCGC Castle Rock (WAVP-383, 18 December 1948

Redesignated High Endurance Cutter (WHEC-383), date unknown

Castle Rock suffered an engineering casualty en-route Vietnam while in Singapore, and sunk at the pier. After repairs she continued on to Vietnam.

During the Vietnam War USCGC Castle Rock was assigned to Coast Guard Squadron Three, Vietnam, from 9 July to 21 December 1971 and participated in the following campaigns:

**Vietnam War Campaigns**
Campaign and Dates	Campaign and Dates
Consolidation I 9 July to 30 November 1971	Consolidation II 1 to 21 December 1971

Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown

Decommissioned by the Coast Guard, 21 December 1971

Transferred to South Vietnam, renamed RVNS Tran Binh Trong (HQ-5)

Fled from Vietnam at the fall of Saigon in circa 1975

Custody assumed by Philippines circa 1975, renamed BRP Francisco Dagahoy (PF-10)

BRP Francisco Dagahoy was laid up as non-operational in June 1985

Decommissioned by Philippine Navy in June 1985

Final Disposition, disposed of, probably scrapped, in March 1993

Specifications:
Displacement 1,766 t.(lt) 2,750 t.(fl)
Length 311' 8"
Beam 41' 1"
Draft 13' 6"
Speed 18.6 kts.
Complement 215
Armament

one single 5"/38 dual purpose gun mount

one quad 40mm AA gun mount

two dual 40mm AA gun mounts

four dual 20mm AA gun mounts
Propulsion diesel, two shafts, 6,000hp

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Source
USS Castle Rock (AVP-35)
	108k	*USS Castle Rock* (AVP-35)** being launched at the Lake Washington Shipyards, Houghton, WA., 1 March 1944. US National Archives photo # 19-N-62884, a US Navy photo from the Bureau of Ships Collection now in the US National Archives	US Naval Historical Center
	105k	*USS Castle Rock* (AVP-35)** photographed off Houghton, WA., 6 October 1944. Note her Measure 32 Design 2ax camouflage. US National Archives photo # 19-N-74574, a US Navy photo from the Bureau of Ships Collection now in the US National Archives	US Naval Historical Center
	114k	*USS Castle Rock* (AVP-35)** photographed off Houghton, WA., 6 October 1944. Note her Measure 32 Design 2ax camouflage. US National Archives photo # 19-N-74575, a US Navy photo from the Bureau of Ships Collection now in the US National Archives	US Naval Historical Center
	96k	*USS Castle Rock* (AVP-35)** in Tanapag Harbor, Saipan, April 1945. Photographed by Ensign Thomas Binford, USNR, from a nearby PBM seaplane. USS LCI(G)-471 is moored beyond *Castle Rock's bow. Note Castle Rock's weathered Measure 32 Design 2ax camouflage. US National Archives photo # 80-G-K-16186*, a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives	US Naval Historical Center
USCGC Castle Rock (WAVP-383 / WHEC-383)
	98k	*USCGC Castle Rock* (WAVP 383)** Commissioning Ceremony at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, CA., 18 December 1948. Mare Island Naval Shipyard photo # 2609-12-48.	Darryl Baker
	110k	Forward plan view of *USCGC Castle Rock* (WAVP 383) at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, CA., 18 December 1948. Castle Rock** was under repair at the shipyard from 17 September to 27 October 1948. Mare Island Naval Shipyard photo # 2700-12-48 1/5/49.	Darryl Baker
	139k	Aft plan view of *USCGC Castle Rock* (WAVP 383)** at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, CA., 18 December 1948. Arivaca (YTB 259) in the dock and *ARD 32* (empty) are in the background in addition to a YR forward of *Castle Rock. Mare Island Naval Shipyard photo # 2703-12-48 1/5/49*.	Darryl Baker
	68k	*USCGC Castle Rock* (WAVP-383)** underway off Mare Island Naval Shipyard, 5 January, 1949. Mare Island Naval Shipyard photo # NY9-2711-1-49.	US Coast Guard Historian's Office
	28k	USCGCCastle Rock (WAVP-383) underway, date and location unknown.	Ken Laesser
	56k	*USCGC Castle Rock* (WAVP-383)** moored pierside at Boston, MA., November 1963	© Richard Leonhardt
	72k	*USCGC Castle Rock* (WAVP-383)** underway, 1 May 1969, location unknown. US Coast Guard photo from the Office of the US Coast Historian.	Mike Green
RVNS Tran Binh Trong (HQ-5)
	69k	Ex-*USS Castle Rock* (AVP-35) in South Vietnamese service as RVNS Tran Binh Trong (HQ-5)** is moored outboard of ex-Bearing Strait (AVP-34) in South Vietnamese service as *RVNS Tran Quang Khia* (HQ-2)** and ex-Cook Inlet (AVP-36) now in South Vietnamese service as *RVNS Tran Quoc Toan* (HQ-6)** at Saigon, May 1972.	© Richard Leonhardt