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NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive

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USS Duxbury Bay (AVP-38)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Yankee - Sierra - Uniform NYSU

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - China Service Medal (extended)
Second Row - Navy Expeditionary Service Medal (1-Cuba) - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1)
Third Row - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia Clasp) - National Defense Service Medal

Barnegat Class Small Seaplane Tender:

Laid down, 17 January 1944, at Lake Washington Shipyards, Houghton, WA.

Launched, 2 October 1944

Commissioned, USS Duxbury Bay (AVP-38), 31 December 1944, CDR. F. N. House in command

During World War II Duxbury Bay was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaign:

Okinawa Gunto operation
Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 29 April to 30 June 1945

Following World War II Duxbury Bay performed occupation duty in the Far East including China service

Decommissioned, 30 April 1966

Struck from the Naval Register, 1 May 1966

Final Disposition, sold for scrapping in July 1967

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

Size	Image Description	Contributed By / Source
71k	USS Duxbury Bay (AVP-38), photographed off Lake Washington Shipyards, Houghton, WA., 28 December 1944. Her camouflage is Measure 33 Design 1F. US National Archives photo # 19-N-82815, a US Navy photo from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the US National Archives.	US Naval Historical Center
85k	*USS Duxbury Bay* (AVP-38)*, photographed off Lake Washington Shipyards, Houghton, WA., 28 December 1944. Her camouflage is Measure 33 Design 1F. US National Archives photo # 19-N-82816*, a US Navy photo from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the US National Archives.	US Naval Historical Center
71k	*USS Duxbury Bay* (AVP-38)*, photographed off Lake Washington Shipyards, Houghton, WA., 28 December 1944. Her camouflage is Measure 33 Design 1F. US National Archives photo # 19-N-82817*, a US Navy photo from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the US National Archives.	US Naval Historical Center
58k	*USS Duxbury Bay* (AVP-38)** moored at Naval Station Anacostia, Washington, D.C. circa 1952-53	Carl Musselman via SteelNavy web site
57k	*USS Duxbury Bay* (AVP-38)** starboard side looking aft while moored at Naval Station Anacostia, Washington, D.C. circa 1952-53	Carl Musselman via SteelNavy web site
289k	Various views of *USS Duxbury Bay* (AVP-38)**'s foremast and mainmast while in port Norfolk, VA, in 1952.	Carl Musselman
329k
259k
362k	*USS Duxbury Bay* (AVP-38)** refueling an HU-16 Albatross seaplane in the Red Sea after passing through the Suez Canal in 1952.	Carl Musselman
314k	*USS Duxbury Bay* (AVP-38)** refueling an HU-16 Albatross seaplane in the Red Sea after passing through the Suez Canal in 1952.	Carl Musselman
292k	Banner flown from *USS Duxbury Bay* (AVP-38)** welcoming USS Valcour to the Red Sea/Persian Gulf area to assume flagship duties for Commander Middle East Forces in the spring of 1953.	Carl Musselman
63k	*USS Duxbury Bay* (AVP-38)** underway leaving Grand Harbour, Valetta, Malta, circa 1953.	Robert Hurst
85k	*USS Duxbury Bay* (AVP-38)*, photographed during the decade following World War II. She lost her 5"/38 gun in around 1956. US National Archives photo # NH 97626*, a US Navy photo from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center	US Naval Historical Center
115k	*USS Duxbury Bay* (AVP-38)*, photographed during the decade following World War II. She lost her 5"/38 gun in around 1956. US Navy photo # NH 97627* from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center.	US Naval Historical Center
84k	*USS Duxbury Bay* (AVP-38)*, photographed during the late 1950s. US Navy photo # NH 95370* from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center.	US Naval Historical Center
91k	*USS Duxbury Bay* (AVP-38)** photographed in Hampton Roads, VA., 3 October 1957. US Navy photo # NH 97628 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center.	US Naval Historical Center
81k	*USS Duxbury Bay* (AVP-38)*, photographed circa 1959 as Middle East Force flagship. She still displays the naval aviation star on her bow. US Navy photo # NH 97630* from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center.	US Naval Historical Center
105k	*USS Duxbury Bay* (AVP-38)**, photographed circa 1959 as Middle East Force flagship. She still displays the naval aviation star on her bow.	Hazegray & Underway
70k	*USS Duxbury Bay* (AVP-38)** photographed illuminated at night during a two-day visit to Basra, Iraq, as Middle East Force flagship. Her last two visits to Basra were on 6-8 December 1960 and 12-14 December 1961. US Navy photo # NH 97629 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center.	US Naval Historical Center
127k	*USS Duxbury Bay* (AVP-38)** in the Shatt-al-Arab off Basra, Iraq, on 12-14 December 1961 as Middle East Force Flagship. US Navy photo # NH 102678 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center.	Robert Hurst
98k	*USS Duxbury Bay* (AVP-38)*, photographed circa 1965 as Middle East Force flagship in her final configuration. She received a new mast and air search radar and a deck house extension during her last shipyard overhaul in the summer of 1962. US Navy photo # NH 69826* from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center.	US Naval Historical Center