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Convoy UGS-36, 1 April 1944 | Invasion of southern France, 15 August to 21 September 1944 |
Navy Occupation Service Medal |
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18 September 1953 to 31 January 1955 |
1 February to 28 March 1955 |
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95k | USS LST-32, crew swim call, date and location unknown | Contributed by Kevin Harris LST 173 Webmaster for Ken Frank in honor of his Father the late Edward F. Frank Jr. USS LST-32 |
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100k | USS LST-32, moored, date and location unknown | Contributed by Kevin Harris LST 173 Webmaster for Ken Frank in honor of his Father the late Edward F. Frank Jr. USS LST-32 |
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36k | USS LST-32, launching an LCT, date and location unknown | . | |
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15k | USS LST-32 underway in heavy seas, date and location unknown. | Dave Martin | |
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188k | USS LST-32 entering Valletta Harbor, Malta, circa 1954, while serving as Air Force, Atlantic, Flagship. Photo courtesy A & J Pavia. | Brian Miller | |
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152k | A LCM beached on La Pineda beach, near Tarragona, Spain during, with USS LST-32 in the bachground during the accident-riddled exercise ADVEX 1-55 (January 1955). The uniformed, armed men on the beach, foreground are members of the Guardia Civil | Antonio Moreno | |
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460k | On 29 January 1955, USS Megara (ARVA-6) broached on the beaches of La Pineda, off the Mediterranean Coast of Spain during an exercise with Spain known as ADVEX 1-55. Over the next three days, several ships came to her aid. Among them were USS LST-32, the Spanish destroyer Almirante Antequera, and USS San Marcos (LPD-25). Pictured here are the salvage efforts of those ships that pulled Megara free on 1 Feb 1955. | Brian Miller | |
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67k | USS Alameda County (LST-32) looking forward from the bridge area while moored at Naples, Italy in 1956. | Photo by Harold Boston | |
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69k | USS Alameda County (LST-32) looking forward from the bridge area while moored at Taranto, Italy in 1956. | Photo by Harold Boston | |
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146k | USS Alameda County (LST-32) under way, date and location unknown. US Navy photo from the collections of the US Navy Memorial. |
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93k | USS Alameda County (AVB-1) entering the Grand Harbor at Valletta, Malta in 1960. | Contributed by Mike (Boats) Payer, submitted by Chet Morris | |
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260k | USS Alameda County (AVB-1) under way, date and location unknown. US Navy photo from the collections of the US Navy Memorial. |
Stan Svec | |
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36k | Ex-USS Alameda County (AVB-1) in Italian service as NMM Anteo (A5306) at anchor, date and location unknown. | Robert Hurst | |
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119k | NMM Anteo (A5306) under way, circa 1963, location unknown. Photo Giorgio Arra. |
Robert Hurst | |
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90k | NMM Anteo (A5306) under way, circa 1970, location unknown. Italian Navy photo. |
Robert Hurst |
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01 | LT. Mulloy, Gardner P., USNR | 3 July 1943 - February 1945 | LST-32 |
02 | LTjg. Carter, George W., USN | February 1945 - September 1945 | LST-32 |
03 | LT. Oblod, John H., USNR | September 1945 - February 1946 | LST-32 |
04 | LTjg. Jorgensen, Christe B., USNR | February 1946 - 1 August 1946 | LST-32 |
Decommissioned | 1 August 1946 - 7 March 1951 | ||
05 | LT. Leonard, John Wafer | 7 March 1951 - December 1953 | AVB-1 |
07 | CDR. Gullett, John Hungerford | March 1955 - October 1956 | AVB-1 |
08 | CDR. Sinclair, Andrew Magee | October 1956 - March 1958 | AVB-1 |
09 | CDR. Gordon, Harold Leon | March 1958 - July 1959 | AVB-1 |
10 | CDR. Hansen Jr., Frederic Theodore | July 1959 - September 1960 | AVB-1 |
11 | CDR. Baker, Quentin F. | September 1960 - September 1961 | AVB-1 |
12 | CDR. Thompson, Harold Tupper | 1961 | AVB-1 |
13 | CDR. Fox, John Calvin | 26 September 1961 - 15 December 1962 | AVB-1 |
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