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NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive

Contributed by Mike Smolinski

USS Hermitage (LSD-34)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Romeo - Victor - Foxtrot NRVF

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Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons




Precedence of awards is from left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon - Navy Unit Commendation
Second Row - Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation (2) - Navy Battle "E" Ribbon - Navy Expeditionary Medal (2-Cuba, 2-Lebanon)
Third Row - National Defense Service Medal - Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (2-Congo, 1-Cuba, 2-Dominican Republic) - Vietnam Service Medal (1)
Fourth Row - Humanitarian Service Medal (1-Guatemalan Earthquake, 1-Beirut Lebanon Evacuation) - Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross Unit Citation - Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal

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USS Hermitage (LSD-34) was sold to Brazil, renamed Ceara (G-30)

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During the Vietnam War USS Hermitage participated in the following campaign:

Vietnam War Campaign

Campaign and Dates
Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase III 3 to 14 June 1967 30 June to 17 August 1967 30 August to 10 September 1967 9 October to 10 November 1967

Sold outright to Brazil and struck from the Naval Register, 24 January 2001

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Specifications:
Displacement 8,899 t.(lt) 11,525 t.(fl)
Length 510'
Beam 84'
Draft 19'
Speed 21 kts.
Complement 304
Troops 300
Armament (as built) 8 twin 3"/50, 6 twin 20mm AA guns
Boat Capacity (Well Deck) 21 LCM(6)s
Aircraft up to 8 helicopters
Propulsion 2 steam turbines, 2 shafts, 23,000 SHP

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Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Source/Contributed By
	70k	USS Hermitage (LSD-34) underway, date and location unknown.		Eric Keller USS Hermitage web site
	31k	USS Hermitage (LSD-34) underway in Hampton Roads off NAB Little Creek, date unknown. Note the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel in the background.		Contributed by Mark Slebodnik Courtesy Eric Keller USS Hermitage web site
	79k	USS Hermitage (LSD-34) underway, circa 1957-1960, location unknown.		CDR. Louis D. Chirillo USN Ret
	48k	USS Hermitage (LSD-34) pierside, Naval Station Rota Spain, date unknown.		Photo by Manolo Budiņo
	93k	Amphibious Group at sea, 17 April 1964. The ships are USS Hermitage (LSD-34) in left foreground, USS Francis Marion (APA-249) in center, USS Plymouth Rock (LSD-29) in the left rear and USS Yancey (AKA-93) in the right rear. Three UH-34 helicopters are flying in formation over Francis Marion. Photo was received from USS Francis Marion in 1964. US Naval History and Heritage Command photo #: NH 85059		Robert Hurst
	133k	USS Hermitage (LSD-34) underway, date and location unknown.		Diana Gabler to honor her brother Raymond Aaron Horney Jr.USS Hermitage 1979-81
	439k	USS Hermitage (LSD-34) at anchor, 30 September 1975, in the Kithira Strait, Eastern Mediterranean with other ships of the US Navy Amphibious Ready Group after finishing exercise Deep Express - 75. Photos from the Soviet Kashin class DDG Krasny Krim.		Eugene Ivkin
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Additional Ships Patches
Contributed by Mike Smolinski	Contributed by USS Hermitage web site	Contributed by Mike Smolinski

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For more photos and information about USS Hermitage, see: Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships USS Hermitage (LSD-34) Solant Amity One Goodwill Tour to Africa November 1960 Commanding Officers

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Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log

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