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USS Piedmont (AD-17)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Alpha - Kilo - Zulu NAKZ

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Secretary of the Navy Letter of Commendation
Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Navy Battle "E" Ribbon
Second Row - China Service Medal (extended) - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal
Third Row - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - National Defense Service Medal (2)
Fourth Row - Korean Service Medal (4) - Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (1-Taiwan Straits, 1-Vietnam) - Vietnam Service Medal (2)
Fifth Row - Sea Service Deployment Ribbon - United Nations Service Medal - Republic of Korea War Service Medal (retroactive)

USS Piedmont (AD-17) was transferred to Turkey, renamed TCG Derya (A-576)

Dixie Class Destroyer Tender:

Laid down, 1 December 1941, at Tampa Shipbuilding Co., Tampa, FL.

Launched, 7 December 1942

Commissioned USS Piedmont (AD-17), 5 January 1944, CDR. Malcolm D. MacGregor in command

During the Korean War USS Piedmont participated in the following campaigns:

Campaign and Dates	Campaign and Dates
Korean War Campaigns
North Korean Aggression 25 September to 15 October 1950	Korean Defense Summer-Fall 1952 23 September to 3 October 1952 19 to 23 November 1952
Second Korean Winter 8 to 10 January 1952 6 to 7 February 1952	Third Korean Winter 28 to 30 December 1952 24 to 25 January 1953

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

Campaign and Dates	Campaign and Dates
Vietnam War Campaigns
Vietnam Advisory Campaign, 1 to 11 July 1964	Vietnam Ceasefire, 29 June to 8 July 1972
Vietnam Counteroffensive, 6 to 7 February 1966

Decommissioned, 30 September 1982

USS Piedmont earned four battle stars for Korean War service and two campaign stars for Vietnam War service

Transferred (leased) to Turkey, 18 October 1982, renamed TCG Derya (A-576)

Purchased outright by Turkey and struck from the Naval Register, 6 August 1987

Final Disposition, deleted from the Turkish Navy in 1994 and broken up for scrap in 1995

Specifications:
Displacement 18,000 t. (lim)
Length 530' 6"
Beam 73' 4"
Draft 24' 6"
Speed 19.6 kts. (trial)

Complement

Officer 76

Enlisted 1,105

Armament

four 5"/38 dual purpose gun mounts four twin 40mm AA gun mounts

Largest boom capacity 20 t.

Fuel Capacity

NSFO 24,555 Bbls.

Diesel 2,705 Bbls.

Propulsion

two Allis Chalmers steam turbines

four Babcock & Wilcox "A" (three drum expansion type) boilers 403psi 720°.

double De Laval Main Reduction Gear

four 750Kw 450V A.C. Ship's Service Generators

two propellers, 11,000shp

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By
USS Piedmont (AD-17)
	70k	*USS Piedmont* (AD-17) at anchor, location unknown, circa 1943. Note Piedmont** is painted Camouflage Measure 32, Design 3Ax.	Ray Zandier USS Piedmont via Ken Zandier
	218k	*USS Piedmont* (AD-17) underway, off the east coast off the United States, 6 March 1944. Note Piedmont's Camouflage Scheme is now Measure 32, Design 4Ax. Photo was taken by an airship from Blimp Squadron ZP-14, from NAS Weeksville, N.C. Ships of the U.S. Navy in WWII “Dazzle” Camouflage, courtesy C. Lee Johnson.**	Yu Chu
	145k	*USS Piedmont* (AD-17)** under way, location and date unknown	Hyperwar US Navy in WWII web site
	90k	*USS Piedmont* (AD-17)** mooring/departing, in February 1956, location unknown.	Ron Reeves
	79k	*USS Piedmont* (AD-17), with destroyers alongside possibly at Sasebo, Japan. Ships nested to starboard are from outboard to inboard; USS Wiltsie (DD-716),** USS Chevalier (DD-805), USS Hamner (DD-718) and *USS Theodore E. Chandler* (DD-717). Destroyers nested to port, from inboard to out board; unidentified destroyer, USS Maddox (DD-731), USS Brush (DD-745) and USS Wiseman (DE-667)**. US Navy photo from "All Hands" magazine, January 1956	Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
09031767	79k	*USS Piedmont* (AD-17) with destroyers alongside in 1957, location unknown, from right to left; USS James E. Kyes (DD-787), USS Eversole (DD-789), USS Shelton (DD-790) and USS Higbee (DD-806)*. U.S. Navy photo from the USS Piedmont (AD-17) 1957 cruise book*	Robert Hurst
	46k	*USS Piedmont* (AD-17)** at anchor, San Diego, CA., January 1959	Photo by Billy Caldwell USS Piedmont
	145k	*USS Piedmont* (AD-17) at San Diego in September 1960 with USS Frank Knox (DD-742), USS Ozbourn (DD-846) and USS Arnold J. Isbell (DD-869)** alongside.	Photo by Lee Noland STGC USN Ret.
09031765	166k	*USS Piedmont* (AD-17)** underway, date and location unknown.	Nicholas Tiberio
09031766	693k	*USS Piedmont* (AD-17)** inbound from seas passing under the Golden Gate Bridge at San Francisco, CA., date unknown.	Nicholas Tiberio
	96k	*USS Piedmont* (AD-17)** under way during her 1961 WestPac deployment.	Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret.
	471k	*USS Piedmont* (AD-17), with destroyers alongside at Yokosuka, Japan. Ships moored at the pier include; USS Walker (DD-517),** USS Taylor (DD-468), USS O'Bannon (DD-450), USS James E. Kyes (DD-787), USS McMorris (DE-1036), USS George K. MacKenzie (DD-836) and USS Rupertus (DD-851). Nested to *Piedmont's port side are, (from inboard to outboard; USS Preston* (DD-795),** USS Maddox (DD-731), USS Samuel N. Moore (DD-747) and *USS Brush* (DD-745)**. US Navy photo from "All Hands" magazine, April 1963	Robert Hurst
	139k	*USS Piedmont* (AD-17)** outbound to sea in 1964, location unknown. US Navy photo from the 1966/67 edition of "Jane's Fighting Ships".	Robert Hurst
	37k	*USS Piedmont* (AD-17)** under way in 1966, location unknown. US Navy photo	Robert Hurst
	122k	*USS Piedmont* (AD-17) at Naval Station Subic Bay in 1966. Destroyers and Destroyer Escorts alongside from outboard to inboard include; USS Evans (DE-1023) USS Hooper (DE-1026) USS Jenkins (DD-447) and USS Samuel N. Moore (DD-747) Photo taken from USS Bausell (DD-845)** by Lee Noland STGC USN Ret.	Lee Noland STGC USN Ret. USS Bausell
	66k	*USS Piedmont(AD-17)* anchored at Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 28 February 1966	© Richard Leonhardt
	86k	*USS Piedmont* (AD-17) pierside at Naval Station Subic Bay, P.I. with USS McKean (DD-784) and USS Henderson (DD-785)** alongside. US Navy photo from "All Hands" magazine, June 1966	Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
	67k	*USS Piedmont* (AD-17)** under way, circa 1968, location unknown. US Navy photo.	Robert Hurst
09031769	209k	*USS Piedmont* (AD-17) docked at Naval Station Subic Bay, Philippines in 1969 with USS Vega (AF-59) and USS Zelima (AF-49)** alongside. U.S. Navy photo from the USS Piedmont (AD-17) 1969 cruise book	Robert Hurst
09031768	184k	*USS Piedmont* (AD-17)** servicing the Iranian Bayandor-class corvettes Milanian (F-27) (Ex-US PF-103 Class Patrol Frigate PF-105) and Kahnamoie (F-28) (Ex-US PF-103 Class Patrol Frigate PF-106), circa 1969. U.S. Navy "All Hands" magazine January 1970, p. 53	Robert Hurst
	975k	*USS Piedmont* (AD-17)** under way in the Pacific Ocean in April 1970. Navy Photographic Center photo # 1143805.	DCC(SS/SW) David Johnston, USN
	91k	*USS Piedmont* (AD-17) renders repair and maintenance service to USS Agerholm (DD-826)** while deployed with the Seventh Fleet, date and location unknown. US Navy photo from "All Hands" magazine, October 1971.	Stanley C. Svec
	46k	*USS Piedmont* (AD-17)** under way during her WestPac deployment in 1971.	Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret.
	253k	*USS Piedmont* (AD-17) with USS Roark (DE-1053) and USS Francis Hammond (DE-1067)** alongside, Subic Bay, PI, 23 May 1972.	Glenn Sirkis
	68k	*USS Piedmont* (AD-17) with USS Graham County (AGP-1176) and USS Mahan (DDG-42)** alongside, Naples, June 1976	© Richard Leonhardt
	30k	*USS Piedmont* (AD-17), at Naples during the summer of 1975. Photo was taken from USS Stribling (DD-867)**.	Photo by Russ Hartley
	54k	*USS Piedmont* (AD-17)** under way, date and location unknown	Walt Reasons
	57k	*USS Piedmont* (AD-17)** under way departing San Diego, date unknown. ©Marine Photos, San Diego, CA.	Mike Smolinski
	62k	*USS Piedmont* (AD-17)** under way, date and location unknown. ©Marine Photos, San Diego, CA.	Mike Smolinski
	305k	*USS Piedmont* (AD-17)** under way off Oahu, Hawaii, date unknown.	Mike Smolinski
	18k	*USS Piedmont* (AD-17)** decommissioning crew, September 1982	Walt Reasons
TCG Derya (A-576)
	40k	Ex-*USS Piedmont* (AD-17) in Turkish Naval service as TCG Derya (A-576)** underway, date and location unknown	Yucel M. Umar CPO (Ret) Turkish Navy
	48k	*TCG Derya* (A-576)** under way with her fueling rig ready to receive a ship alongside, date and location unknown	Yucel M. Umar CPO (Ret) Turkish Navy
	43k	*TCG Derya* (A-576)** under way while refueling two escorts, date and location unknown	Yucel M. Umar CPO (Ret) Turkish Navy
	302k	*TCG Derya* (A-576)** moored at Port Mogadishu, Somalia in 1983	Yucel M. Umar CPO (Ret) Turkish Navy
	61k	*TCG Derya* (A-576)**, probably undergoing a yard overhaul, date and location unknown.	Yucel M. Umar CPO (Ret) Turkish Navy
	66k	*TCG Derya* (A-576)** under way date and location unknown.	Yucel M. Umar CPO (Ret) Turkish Navy
	100k	*TCG Derya* (A-576)** moored at Mogadishu, Somalia in 1983 as UN peacekeepers from Turkey disembark.	Cüneyt Demir
	79k	*TCG Derya* (A-576)** drydocked, at the Gölcük shipyard in 1988.	Cüneyt Demir
	124k	*TCG Derya* (A-576)** at anchor, date and location unknown	Cüneyt Demir
	88k	*TCG Derya* (A-576)** under way in the Mediterranean Sea, date unknown	Cüneyt Demir
	254k	*TCG Derya* (A-576)** officers and chief petty officers, 1984	Cüneyt Demir
	72k	*TCG Derya* (A-576)** drawing by Cüneyt Demir	Cüneyt Demir

Additional Ships Patches
Contributed by Mike Smolinski	Contributed by Mike Smolinski

For more photos and information about USS Piedmont, see:
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)

Memorabilia

Commanding Officers
01	CDR. MacGregor, Malcolm Douglass, USN	5 January 1944 - 17 February 1945
02	CAPT. Robbins, Francis Leon, USN (USNA 1923)	17 February 1945 - 16 March 1946
03	CAPT. Sturges, Russell Gruesbeck, USN (USNA 1922)	16 March 1946 - 14 August 1947
04	CAPT. Vaughan, Michaux, Woodson, USN (USNA 1922)	14 August 1947 - 5 August 1948
05	CAPT. Kobey, Theodore Hertzel, USN (USNA 1926)	5 August 1948 - 22 July 1949
06	CAPT. Garvin, Joseph Hawley, USN (USNA 1924)	22 July 1949 - 13 May 1950
07	CAPT. Topper, James Russell, USN (USNA 1924)	13 May 1950 - 24 January 1951
08	CAPT. Hooper, Charles Frederick, USN 1922)	24 January 1951 - 6 August 1952
09	CAPT. Davison, Thurlow Weed, USN (USNA 1929) :RADM	6 August 1952 - 17 August 1953
10	CAPT. Newton, Roy Arthur, USN (USNA 1930)	17 August 1953 - 13 October 1954
11	CAPT. Mustin, Lloyd Montague, USN (USNA 1932) :VADM	13 October 1954 - 17 December 1955
12	CAPT. Phillips, Charles Edwin, USN (USNA 1932)	17 December 1955 - 11 December 1956
13	CAPT. Franklin, James Gilbert, USN (USNA 1933)	11 December 1956 - 21 May 1958
14	CAPT. McElrath Jr., Robert Wallace, USN (USNA 1938)	21 May 1958 - 9 October 1959
15	CAPT. Payne, James Robert, USN (USNA 1938)	9 October 1959 - 1 November 1960
16	CAPT. Ratliff, William Kenneth, USN (USNA 1938)	1 November 1960 - 25 November 1961
17	CAPT. Jarman, Edward Boyce, USN (USNA 1938)	25 November 1961 - 27 October 1962
18	CAPT. Drain, Dan Thomas, USN	27 October 1962 - 15 December 1962
19	CDR. Schwartze, George McNemer, USN	15 December 1962 - 1 January 1962
20	CAPT. Drain, Dan Thomas, USN	1 January 1963 - 2 November 1963
21	CAPT. Rayburn, Joseph Henry, USN	2 November 1963 - 6 September 1964
22	CDR. Hays, Lyle Ray, USN	6 September 1964 - 24 October 1964
23	CAPT. O'Connell, Daniel James, USN	24 October 1964 - 24 January 1966
24	CAPT. Feaster, Joseph Eugene, USN	24 January 1966 - 27 December 1966
25	CAPT. Davies Jr., Henry Eugene, USN	27 December 1966 - 25 September 1968
26	CAPT. Quarton, Thomas Joseph, USN	25 September 1968 - 28 November 1969
27	CAPT. Geary, Mervyn Otis, USN	28 November 1969 - 8 October 1971
28	CAPT. Trott, Robert John, USN (USNA 1945)	8 October 1971 - 11 October 1973
29	CAPT. Parker Jr., John Theodore (Ted), USN (USNA 1955) :VADM	11 October 1973 - 13 June 1975
30	CAPT. Armell II, Lyle Oliver, USN (USNA 1953)	13 June 1975 - 13 January 1978
31	CAPT. Bredbeck, William John, USN (USNA 1958)	13 January 1978 - 14 August 1979
32	CAPT. Tsantes Jr., George, USN (USNA 1955)	14 August 1979 - 13 July 1981
33	CAPT. McNicholas Jr., Thomas Michael, USN (USNA 1961)	13 July 1981 - 30 September 1982


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