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IX-136 Carondelet

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - Philippine Liberation Medal
Mobile Floating Storage Tanker:
  • Built in 1921 as Brennero at Societa Escercizio Bacini, Riva Trigossa, Italy
  • Renamed Gold Heels (date unknown)
  • Transferred to the US Navy from the War Shipping Administration (WSA), 24 February 1944
  • Commissioned, USS Carondelet (IX-136), 4 April 1944
  • Decommissioned, struck from the Naval Register and returned to the War Shipping Administration, 25 February 1946, at Mobile AL.
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 4,500 t.
    Length343'
    Beam 59' 4"
    Draft 25' 10"
    Speed 10 kts.
    Complement 152
    Armament one 5" gun mount, eight 20mm guns
    Propulsion system unknown, single propeller
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    Carondelet 50k Carondelet (IX-136) moored pierside at Subic Bay, 1945. Ed Brinkman for his grandfather William F. Watt, S1/c USNR USS Carondelet
    Carondelet 97k Carondelet (IX-136) crew photo taken at Subic Bay, 1945. Ed Brinkman for his grandfather William F. Watt, S1/c USNR USS Carondelet
    Carondelet 30k Carondelet (IX-136) refueling LST-1000, Subic Bay, 1945. Bob Cornmesser USS Carondelet
    View the Carondelet (IX-136)
    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center web site
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
    Fleet Reserve Association
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
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