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Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Campaigns and Dates |
Okinawa Gunto operation
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Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 1 to 9 April 1945 |
Navy Occupation Service Medal |
China Service Medal (extended) |
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25 October to 1 November 1945 | 7 July to 21 August 1946 |
27 June to 6 July 1946 | 6 November to 7 December 1946 |
25 to 30 August 1946 | 30 September to 12 October 1947 |
3 to 13 September 1948 | 31 January to 15 April 1948 |
1 to 10 January 1951 |
Korean War Campaigns |
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Campaigns and Dates | Campaigns and Dates |
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Communist China Aggression
16 to 21 December 1950 |
Second Korean Winter
21 February 1952 1 March 1952 |
Korea, Summer-Fall 1953
24 May 1953 26 July 1953 |
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1578k | USS Uvalde (AKA-88) under way off the coast of California, 30 August 1944. US Navy photo taken from a Santa Ana based Blimp Squadron (ZP-31) Airship by LT. De Spelder. |
David Buell | |
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32k | USS Uvalde (AKA-88) under way, date and location unknown. US National Archives Photo # USN 1044340 a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives. |
Robert Hurst | |
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394k | Ships berth at Mare Island, 12 February 1946, are from left to right; USS LSM-451, USS Montrose (APA-212), USS Uvalde (AKA-88), USS Arneb (AKA-56) and USS Haven (AH-12). Additional LSMs that can be identified include; USS LSM-428, USS LSM-350, and USS LSM-426, US Navy photo courtesy Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum photo. |
Darryl Baker | |
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158k | Amidship view looking aft of USS Uvalde (AKA-88) at Mare Island, 5 April 1946. Uvalde was under repair at Mare Island from 6 February to 12 March 1946. Mare Island Naval Shipyard photo # AKA 88 1394-46, 4/5/46 |
Darryl Baker | |
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120k | USS Uvalde (AKA-88) outbound to sea from San Diego in 1954 for training exercises along the California coast. | Robert L. Ruyle, RM1 USS Uvalde | |
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63k | Broadside view of USS Uvalde (AKA-88) off Mare Island Naval Shipyard, 25 March 1957. Uvalde was in drydock at Mare Island from 7 February to 4 March 1957. Mare Island Naval Shipyard photo # AKA 88 33629-3-57, 3/25/57 |
Darryl Baker | |
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68k | Bow on view of USS Uvalde (AKA-88) in the Mare Island Channel, 25 March 1957. Mare Island Naval Shipyard photo # AKA 88 33632-3-57, 3/25/57 |
Darryl Baker | |
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1470k | Aerial vies of USS Uvalde (AKA-88) moored at Naval Station Treasure Island, San Francisco, CA., 28 may 1957. Other ships present include USS Rainier (AE-5) and USS George A. Johnson (DE-583). Photo source "San Francisco Examiner" photo archives. | David Buell | |
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136k | USS Uvalde (AKA-88) at Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, VA., 3 January 1963 preparing for deployment. The laid up USS Massachusetts (BB-59) is to Uvalde's starboard. US Navy photo # NH 72672, from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center. | US Naval Historical Center | |
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98k | USS Uvalde (AKA-88) underway, date and location unknown. | Phil Belliveau USS Uvalde 1967-68 | |
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21k | USS Uvalde (AKA-88) moored to a buoy at Malta, June 1967. | Photo by Phil Belliveau USS Uvalde 1967-68 | |
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149k | USS Uvalde (AKA-88) underway, date and location unknown. | Tommy Trampp |
USS Uvalde Ships Patches |
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Commanding Officers | ||
01 | LCDR. McCloy, William M. USNR :RADM | 18 August 1944 - 13 September 1945 |
02 | LT. Dilworth, Frank Claude USN | 13 September 1945 - 23 February 1946 |
03 | CAPT. Mattie, Dominic Lewis USN (29) :RADM | 23 February 1946 - 14 June 1946 |
04 | LCDR. Pittard Jr., Grady C. USNR | 14 June 1946 - 20 June 1946 |
05 | CDR. Oxley, Alfred James USNR | 20 June 1946 - 5 September 1946 |
06 | CAPT. Madsen, Elwood Christian USN (28) | 5 September 1946 - 14 January 1948 |
07 | CDR. Estabrook Jr., William Sears USN (30) | 14 January 1948 - 9 March 1949 |
08 | CAPT. Garland, Guy Puett USN (29) | 9 March 1949 - 13 March 1950 |
09 | CAPT. Teuscher, Louis Frederick USN (23) | 13 March 1950 - 21 June 1951 |
10 | CAPT. Wilhelm, Ralph Arthur USN (31) | 21 June 1951 - 25 September 1952 |
11 | CAPT. Steinke, Frederick Samuel USN (31) | 25 September 1952 - 18 December 1953 |
12 | CAPT. Davenport, Roy Milton USN (33) | 18 December 1953 - 25 May 1955 |
13 | CAPT. Warfield, Thomas Glover USN (32) :RADM | 25 May 1955 - 2 August 1956 |
14 | CAPT. Beer, Robert Oakley USN (32) :RADM | 2 August 1956 - 13 August 1957 |
15 | CAPT. Fulghum, Benjamin Cornelius USN (34) | 13 August 1957 - 2 January 1958 |
Decommissioned | 2 January 1958 - 18 November 1961 | |
16 | CAPT. Baldwin, Charles Alexander USN | 18 November 1961 - 19 December 1962 |
17 | CAPT. Owen Jr., William David USN (41) | 19 December 1962 - 20 December 1963 |
18 | CAPT. Pennoyer III, Frederick William USN | 20 December 1963 - 4 December 1964 |
19 | CAPT. Butler, Francis Andrew USN (43) | 4 December 1964 - 25 November 1965 |
20 | CAPT. Sherman Jr., John O. USN (44) | 25 November 1965 - 18 November 1966 |
21 | CAPT. Purkrabek, Paul V. USN (45) | 18 November 1966 - 14 June 1968 |
22 | CAPT. Smith, Russ Studebaker USN (47) | 14 June 1968 - 29 November1968 |
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