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USS Renate (AKA-36)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Tango - Bravo - Foxtrot NTBF
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right top to bottom
Top Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Medal (with Asia clasp)

Contributed by William Beaulieu RD3

Contributed by Al Grazevich

USS Maury (AGS-16)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Charlie - Bravo - Bravo NCBB
JANAP Tactical Voice Radio Call Sign - Expert (V)ictor

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (1 December 1965)
Second Row - Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation - Battle "E" Ribbon - National Defense Service Medal
Third Row - Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (Vietnam, Quemoy-Matsu, Korea) - Vietnam Service Medal (5) - Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal

Artemis Class Attack Cargo Ship:

Laid down as a Maritime Commission type (S4-SE2-BE1) hull, under a Maritime Commission contract, at Welsh-Kaiser Co. Providence, R.I.

Launched, 31 January 1945

Commissioned USS Renate (AKA-36), 28 February 1945, LCDR. Joseph F. Wickham, USNR, in command

During World War II USS Renate was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
TransRon Twenty-Two, COMO. S.P. Jenkins;
TransDiv Sixty-Five, CAPT. E.C. Rogers USN (18)

Following World War II USS Renate was assigned to Occupation service in the Far East for the following periods:

Navy Occupation Service Medal
2 to 28 September 1945
19 to 28 October 1945

Reclassified Survey Ship and renamed USS Maury (AGS-16), 12 July 1946

During the Vietnam War USS Maury participated in the following campaigns:

Campaigns and Dates	Campaigns and Dates
Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal Vietnam Service Medal
Vietnam Advisory Campaign 15 to 30 April 1960 23 November to 23 December 1960 7 January to 10 February 1961 20 February to 7 May 1961 27 October 1961 to 7 February 1962 28 February to 5 May 1962 29 October 1962 to 9 February 1963 16 March to 27 April 1963	Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase III 21 June to 19 July 1967 3 August to 27 August 1967
Vietnamese Counteroffensive 8 January to 25 February 1966 16 March to 8 April 1966 18 April to 11 May 1966 3 to 12 June 1966	Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase IV 30 April to 20 May 1968 5 to 30 June 1968
Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase II 12 March to 10 April 1967 26 April to 29 May 1967	Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase V 1 July 1968 7 July to 15 August 1968 26 August to 9 September 1968

Decommissioned and struck from the Naval Register, 19 December 1969

USS Maury earned the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal and the Vietnam Service Medal with five campaign stars for Vietnam War service

Laid up in the Inactive Ships Maintenance Facility

Returned to the Maritime Administration, 26 June 1970, for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay, Benecia, CA.

Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 10 August 1973, to National Steel and Metal Co., Terminal Island, CA.

AKA Specifications:
Displacement 4,087 t.(lt) 7,080 t(fl)
Length 426'
Beam 58'
Draft 16' (lim)
Speed 16.9 kts.

Complement

Officers 27

Enlisted 276

Armament

one single 5"/38 cal dual purpose gun mount

four twin 40mm AA gun mounts

ten single 20mm AA gun mounts

Cargo capacity 980 DWT

non-refrigerated 110,000 Cu. ft.

Boats

one LCP(L)

twelve LCVPs

two LCMs

Troop Capacity 264

Fuel Capacities

NSFO 9,540 Bbls

Diesel 365 Bbls

Propulsion

two Westinghouse turbo-electric engines

two Wickes boilers, 450psi 750°

Ship's Service Generators
two turbo-drive 100Kw 120V/240V D.C.
one turbo-drive 150Kw 450V A.C.
two turbo-drive 250Kw 450V A.C.

twin propellers, 6,000shp

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By
USS Renate (AKA-36)
	109k	*USS Renate* (AKA-36) under way, date and location unknown. A US Navy photo from the "USS Renate Welcome Aboard**" brochure, 1945.	A. Ray Taylor MoMM3/c (T) USS Renate 1945-46
	53k	*USS Renate* (AKA-36)** anchored at Sasebo, Japan, September-October 1945.	A. Ray Taylor MoMM3/c (T) USS Renate 1945-46
	58k	*USS Renate* (AKA-36)** moored pierside at Sasebo, Japan, September-October 1945.	A. Ray Taylor MoMM3/c (T) USS Renate 1945-46
	170k	*USS Renate* (AKA-36)** in drydock, at Sasebo, Japan, October circa 1945.	Steve Franklin
	216k	*USS Renate* (AKA-36)** crewmen, Sasebo, Japan, 15 October 1945	Steve Franklin
	177k	*USS Renate* (AKA-36)** crew member Irving Fishman RM/3c photos and Golden Dragon card.	Steve Franklin
USS Maury (AGS-16)
	138k	Namesake Commander Matthew Fontaine Maury USN Comdr. Matthew Fontaine Maury, astronomer and hydrographer, was born in Spotsylvania County, Va., 14 January 1806. Appointed Midshipman 1 February 1825, he achieved the rank of Commander 14 September 1855. He was appointed Superintendent of the Department of Charts and Instruments in 1842, and upon the establishment of the Naval Observatory in 1844 became its first Superintendent, holding that position until his resignation in April 1861. During this period he published some of his best known scientific works, and his “Wind and Current Charts,” “Sailing Directions,” and “Physical Geography of the Sea” remain standard. He became world famous as “Pathfinder of the Seas,” the leading oceanographer of history. Following his resignation at the outbreak of the Civil War, he joined the Confederate Navy, in which he attained the rank of Commodore. At the end of the war he occupied the chair of physics at the Virginia Military Institute. He died at Lexington, Va., 1 February 1873.	Bill Gonyo
	67k	*USS Maury* (AGS-16)** under way in the Persian Gulf, circa September 1949 to May 1952. US Navy photo	Russ Padden
	31k	*USS Maury* (AGS-16)** under way, circa 1950, location unknown.	Robert Hurst
	81k	*USS Maury* (AGS-16) and USS Sheldrake (AGS-19)** moored pierside, circa 1952-56, place unknown. US Navy photo	Terry D. Gann EM2 USNR USS Maury
	137k	*USS Maury* (AGS-16)** at anchor in the harbor at Monaco in 1952.	William Beaulieu RD3 USS Maury
10123534	2362k	*USS Monticello* (LSD-35) and USS Muary (AGS-16) moored at NOB Norfolk, VA., Pier 7, circa March-May 1957. Note either USS Forrestal (CVA-59 or USS Saratoga (CVA-60)** riding at anchor in the background in Hampton Roads. Donald Tenney photo - USS Randolph CVA-15 Naval Station Norfolk Photo #56	Bob Canchola
100203629	115k	*USS Maury* (AGS-16)** at New York Naval Shipyard, 13 December 1958. U.S. Navy Bureau of Ships photo 19-NN-AGS-16 Maury-159614, U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, Identifier (NAID) 6930869	Robert Hurst
	117k	Overhead view of *USS Maury* (AGS-16)** underway, circa 14 April 1959, location unknown.	Terry D. Gann EM2 USNR Ret. USS Maury, courtesy Albert McVicker EN2 USS Maury
100203628	175k	*USS Maury* (AGS-16)** moored at Sattahip, Thailand, prior to beginning survey operations in the Gulf of Siam. Circa 1961. U.S. Navy "All Hands" magazine April 1961, p. 6.	Robert Hurst
100203630	80k	*USS Maury* (AGS-16)** underway in the Pacific, circa 1962. U.S. Navy "All Hands" magazine December 1962, p. 15.	Robert Hurst
100203631	78k	*USS Maury* (AGS-16)** entering Pearl Harbor in 1963. U.S. Navy photo from the official U.S. Navy Matthew Fontaine Maury biography	Robert Hurst
100203632	401k	*USS Maury* (AGS-16)** underway, location unknown, circa 1963 U.S. Navy "All Hands" magazine May 1963, p. 8.	Robert Hurst
	102	Maury (AGS-16) with *USS Serrano* (AGS-24)** alongside while moored at New Harbor, Bangkok, Thailand, circa 1963-64.	Terry D. Gann EM2 USNR Ret. USS Maury
	118k	*USS Maury* (AGS-16)** under way off Vietnam, US Navy photo dated 27 October 1964.	Tommy Trampp
	94k	*USS Maury* (AGS-16)** under way off Vietnam, circa 1966-67	Larry Badgett, MM2 USN, 1964-1970 USS Maury
US National Archives RG-19-LCM photo # 19-N-91014	88k	*USS Maury* (AGS-16)** at anchor off the Mekong Delta in April 1967 with her four 32-ton soundboats lined up alongside. The tall lattice mast over the bridge was fitted in the late 1950s or early 1960s. A helo operates from the platform on the fantail, from which in the late 1940s she operated a Grumman J2F "Duck" seaplane. US National Archives RG-19-LCM photo # 19-N-91014 a US Navy Bureau of Ships photo now in the collections of the US National Archives, courtesy Shipscribe.com.	Ramon Jackson, Robert Hurst and Tommy Trampp
	38k		Ramon Jackson, Robert Hurst and Tommy Trampp
	98k	*USS Maury* (AGS-16)**'s Sound Boat GS-16-2 gets underway in rough seas near the Mekong Delta, South Vietnam, circa January to September 1967. US Navy photo from the 11 October 1968 of the "NAVOCEANO Bulletin."	Ramon Jackson
	77k	*USS Maury* (AGS-16)** off the coast of Conson Island, South Vietnam, 1968.	Photo by Terry D. Gann EM2 USNR Ret. USS Maury
	59k	*USS Maury* (AGS-16)** at Pearl Harbor, HI. circa 1968, returning from deployment off the coast of South Vietnam.	Terry D. Gann EM2 USNR Ret. USS Maury
	130k	*USS Maury* (AGS-16)** at Pearl Harbor, HI. circa 1968, returning from deployment off the coast of South Vietnam.	Terry D. Gann EM2 USNR Ret. USS Maury
	79k	*USS Maury* (AGS-16)** moored pierside at Pearl Harbor, HI. circa 1968.	Vito Scarpetta, SN USS Maury
	102k	*USS Maury* (AGS-16) at Pearl Harbor, January 1969 with USS Kawishiwi (AO-146) moored forward of Maury**	© Richard Leonhardt
	369k	*USS Maury* (AGS-16) with USS Serrano (AGS-24)** alongside, date and location unknown. US Navy photo	Terry D. Gann
	57k	*USS Maury* (AGS-16)** under way, date and location unknown. US Navy photo from DANFS	Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
	90k	*USS Maury* (AGS-16)** under way, date and location unknown.	Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret.
	73k	*USS Maury* (AGS-16)** moored pierside, date and location unknown.	Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret.

USS Maury Additional Ships Patches and Plaques

Contributed by
Terry D. Gann EM2 USNR Ret. USS Maury

1965 Battle Efficiency E plaque
Contributed by
Stan Coats EM1 USS Maury

For more photos and information about USS Renate (AKA-36 / USS Maury (AGS-16), see;
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)
USS Renate (AKA-36) Welcome Aboard 1945 pamphlet

Commanding Officers
01	LCDR. Wickham, Joseph Francis, USNR	28 February 1945 - 1945
02	LCDR. DeMaio, Carmen J., USNR	1945 - 16 April 1946
03	CAPT. Hamblin, Francis Dow, USN (USNA 1923)	September 1946 - November 1947
04	CAPT. Kirk, Francis Shallus, USN (USNA 1927)	16 April 1946 - September 1946
05	CAPT. Wolverton, Royal Alan, USN (USNA 1930)	November 1947 - July 1949
06	CAPT. Anderson, Paul Ramseur, USN (USNA 1928)	July 1949 - July 1950
07	CAPT. Burke, Edward Joseph, USN (USNA 1929)	July 1950 - June 1951
08	CDR. Finn, William Stephen, USN (USNA 1936)	June1951 - September 1951
09	CDR. Heath, Clinton James, USN (USNA 1933)	September 1951 - September 1952
10	CDR. Farnwell, Charles Bradford, USN (USNA 1934)	September 1952 - January 1954
11	CDR. Brooks, Frederic Wilder, USN (USNA 1935)	January 1954 - January 1955
12	CDR. Leonard, John Albert, USN (USNA 1935)	January 1955 - 24 February 1956
13	CDR./CAPT. Fuller Jr., Clark Halsey, USN (USNA 1938)	24 February 1956 - 30 July 1957
14	CDR./CAPT. Bampton, Frank Weddigen, USN	30 July 1957 - 6 June 1958
15	CAPT. Russell, Erickson Whitney, USN	6 June 1958 - 10 August 1959
16	CAPT. Luther, Roger William, USN	10 August 1959 - 2 July 1960
17	CAPT. Mandel, Herbert Irving, USN (USNA 1938)	2 July 1960 - 7 September 1960
18	CAPT. Marshall, James Morris, USN	7 September 1960 - 15 July 1961
19	CAPT. McNulty, Willard Jerrold, USN	15 July 1961 - 11 August 1962
20	CAPT. Brittin, Burdick Heinkel, USN	11 August 1962 - 25 June 1963
21	CAPT. Cook Jr., James Loren, USN	25 June 1963 - 27 July 1964
22	CAPT. Neff, John Lawrence, USN (USNA 1942)	27 July 1964 - 2 July 1965
23	CAPT. Reilly, Robert Francis, USN (USNA 1942)	2 July 1965 - 1 July 1966
24	CAPT. Aubert, George August, USN	1 July 1966 - 1 December 1967
25	CDR. Monson, Donald Wesley, USN	1 December 1967 - 31 January 1969
26	CAPT. Fidler, Edward Warren, USN	31 January 1969 - 19 December 1969


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