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AVP-39 Gardiners Bay

Flag Hoist/International Radio Call Sign:
Movember - Yankee - Tango - Oscar

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - China Service Medal (extended) - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (2)
Second Row - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia Clasp) - National Defense Service Medal
Third Row - Korean Service Medal (4) - United Nations Service Medal - Republic of Korea War Service Medal

USS Gardiners Bay (AVP-39) was transferred to Norway and renamed KNM Haaken VII (A537)

Barnegat Class Small Seaplane Tender

Laid down, 14 March 1944, at Lake Washington Shipyards, Houghton, WA.

Launched, 2 December 1944

Commissioned, USS Gardiners Bay (AVP-39), 11 February 1945, CDR. Carlton C. Lucas in command

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

**Asiatic-Pacific Campaign**
Campaign and Dates	Campaign and Dates
Okinawa Gunto operation Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 7 June to 15 August 1945	3rd Fleet operations against Japan, 15 August 1945

During the Korean War Gardiners Bay participated in the following campaigns:

**Korean War Campaign**
Campaign and Dates	Campaign and Dates
North Korea Aggression, 2 to 28 October 1950	First UN Counter Offensive, 1 to 5 March 1951
Communist China Aggression, 9 to 19 November 1950	Korean Summer-Fall 1953, 16 June to 1 July 1953

Decommissioned, 1 February 1958

Struck from the Naval Register, 1 May 1958

Transferred to Norway, 17 May 1958, renamed KNM Haaken VII (A537)

Struck from the Norwegian Navy for disposal in 1974

Final Disposition, scrapped

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 Gardiners Bay (AVP-39)
	91k	Gardiners Bay (AVP-39) launching at Lake Washington Shipyard, Houghton, WA 2 December 1944 US Navy photo 19-N-79691	US Navy Historical Center
	132k	Gardiners Bay (AVP-39) underway in Lake Washington, 18 February 1945 Paint scheme is Camouflage Measure 33, Design 1F US Navy photo 19-N-85076	US Naval Historical Center
	153k	Gardiners Bay (AVP-39) underway in Lake Washington, 18 February 1945 US Navy photo 19-N-85074	US Naval Historical Center
	84k	Gardiners Bay (AVP-39) underway in San Francisco Bay in 1957. Photo ©Allied Photographers of San Francisco.	Robert M. Cieri
KNM Haaken VII (A537)
	47k	Ex-Gardiners Bay (AVP-39) underway while in Norwegian service as *KNM Haaken VII* (A537)**, circa 1968, location unknown.	Robert Hurst
	46k	*KNM Haaken VII* (A537)** at anchor,date and location unknown. R.Nor.R. Navy photo.	Robert Hurst

View the Gardiners Bay (AVP-39)
DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S.Navy Memorial Foundation
Fleet Reserve Association

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