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AVP-52 Shelikof

Flag Hoist/International Radio Call Sign:
November - Charlie - Lima - Quebec
 NCLQ
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (3)
Bottom Row - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Medal (with Asia clasp) - National Defense Service Medal
Barnegat Class Small Seaplane Tender:
  • Laid down, 20 September 1942, at Lake Washington Shipyard, Houghton, WA.
  • Launched, 31 January 1943
  • Commissioned, USS Shelikof (AVP-52), 7 April 1944, LCDR. R. E. Stanley in command
  • During World War II Shelikof was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater
  • Following World War II Shelikof performed occupation duty in the Far East
  • Decommissioned, 30 June 1947, at Philadelphia, PA.
  • Laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet
  • Recommissioned, 3 January 1952 at Philadelphia Naval Shipyard
  • Decommissioned in December 1954
  • Laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Texas Group
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 1 May 1960
  • Sold to Panagiotis Kokkinos, Pireaus, Greece, for conversion to merchant service as a passenger vessel, and renamed MV Myconos in 1964, MV Artemis in 1973, MV Artemis K in 1974, and MV Golden Princess in 1979
  • Final Disposition, sunk in a storm at Perama, Greece, while laid up in January 1981
  • Shelikof earned three battle stars for World War II service
    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
    two single 5"/38 dual purpose gun mounts
    two dual 40mm AA gun mounts
    four dual 20mm AA gun mounts
    Propulsion diesel, two propellers, 6,000hp
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    Shelikof 97k Shelikof (AVP-52) being launched at Lake Washington Shipyards, Houghton, WA., 31 January 1943.
    US National Archives photo # 19-N-57217 a US Navy photo form the Bureau of Ships Collection now in the US National Archives.    		 US Naval Historical Center
    Shelikof 73k Shelikof (AVP-52) off Houghton, WA., 26 April 1944, about a week after commissioning. She was completed with three 5"/38 guns, including an open mount on her fantail. Her camouflage scheme is Measure 32 Design 2Ax. Note that the starboard side of this scheme, shown here, differed greatly from the port side.
    US National Archives photo # 19-N-68322 a US Navy photo form the Bureau of Ships Collection now in the US National Archives.    		 US Naval Historical Center
    Shelikof 97k Shelikof (AVP-52) off Houghton, WA., 26 April 1944. Her camouflage scheme is Measure 32 Design 2Ax. Note that the port side of this scheme, shown here, differed greatly from the starboard side.
    US National Archives photo # 19-N-68323 a US Navy photo form the Bureau of Ships Collection now in the US National Archives.    		 US Naval Historical Center
    Shelikof 88k Shelikof (AVP-52) off Houghton, WA., 26 April 1944, about a week after commissioning. Her camouflage scheme is Measure 32 Design 2Ax.
    US National Archives photo # 19-N-68324 a US Navy photo form the Bureau of Ships Collection now in the US National Archives.    		 US Naval Historical Center
    Shelikof 104k Shelikof (AVP-52) underway, circa 1944-45, location unknown.
    US Navy photo.         		Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret
    Shelikof 56k Shelikof (AVP-52) at the US Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD., in October 1952. She is moored outboard of Beale (DDE-471) and another converted Fletcher-class escort destroyer. She has lost one of her two 5"/38 guns forward but retains her open 5"/38 mount aft
    US Navy photo # NH 66888 form the collections of the US Naval Historical Center.    		 US Naval Historical Center
    Shelikof 506k Shelikof (AVP-52) moored in the Grand Harbour at Valleta, Malta, circa 1953 James Martin, crew member
    Shelikof 674k Shelikof (AVP-52) underway in the Chesapeake Bay, circa 1953 James Martin, crew member
    Shelikof 489k Shelikof (AVP-52) underway, date and location unknown. David Buell
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    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    James Martin.
    U.S.Navy Memorial Foundation
    Fleet Reserve Association
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