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AKA-52 Zenobia


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Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal

USS Zenobia was transferred to Chile and renamed Presidente Pinto
Artemis Class Attack Cargo Ship:
  • Laid down, as a Maritime Commission type (S4-SE2-BE1) hull, under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 1913), at Welsh-Kaiser Co. Shipbuilding Div., Providence, R.I.
  • Launched, 6 July 1945
  • Commissioned USS Zenobia (AKA-52), 6 August 1945, at Boston Navy Yard, Boston, MA., LCDR. F. C. Rice in command
  • Decommissioned, 7 May 1946, at Brooklyn N.Y.
  • Turned over to the government of Chile at Brooklyn, renamed Presidente Pinto
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 30 November 1946
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown, possibly decommissioned in 1968 and scrapped in 1974
    Specifications:
    Displacement 4,087 t.(lt) 7,080 t(fl)
    Length 426'
    Beam 58'
    Draft 16' 5"
    Speed 17 kts.
    Complement 303
    Armament
    one 5"/38 dual purpose gun mount
    four dual 40mm AA gun mounts
    ten single 20mm AA gun mounts
    Cargo Capacity 4,450 DWT
    Boats one LCP(L), twelve LCVP, eight LCM(3)
    Troop Accommodations 264
    Propulsion two turbo-electric engines, twin shafts, 6,000shp
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    USS Zenobia (AKA-52)
    Zenobia 111k Zenobia (AKA-52), launching, 6 July 1945 at Welsh-Kaiser Co. Shipbuilding Div, Providence, R.I. Mark J. Deputy for his grandfather Otto Holzwarth - Machinist Mate USS Zenobia
    Zenobia 73k Zenobia (AKA-52), commissioning day crew photo, 6 August 1945 at Boston Navy Yard. Mark J. Deputy for his grandfather Otto Holzwarth - Machinist Mate USS Zenobia
    Zenobia 68k Zenobia (AKA-52) enroute from the Boston Navy Yard back to Providence, R.I., note that there are shipyard workers, their equipment and tool boxes still on board, August 1945. Mark J. Deputy for his grandfather Otto Holzwarth - Machinist Mate USS Zenobia
    Presidente Pinto
    Zenobia 32k Ex-Zenobia (AKA-52) at anchor while in Chilean Naval service as the transport Presidente Pinto, circa 1955, location unknown.
    Official Chilean Navy photo.    		 Robert Hurst
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