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Contributed by Don McGrogan, BMCS, USN Ret. - Popular Patch

USS Anthedon (AS-24)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Uniform - Sierra - Papa NUSP

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - Philippines Liberation Medal

USS Anthedon (AS-24) was transferred to Turkey and renamed TCG Donathan (A-583)

Aegir Class Submarine Tender:

Laid down, 6 May 1943, as a Maritime Commission, type (C3-S-A2) hull under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 858) at Ingalls Shipbuilding Co., Pascagoula, MS.

Launched, 15 October 1943

Acquired by the US Navy, 17 December 1943 and placed in reduced commission for passage to her conversion yard at Hoboken, N J., LCDR. James H. Budd, USNR, (Ferry Crew #4) in command

Decommissioned, 30 December 1943 and turned over to Todd Ship Yards Corp., Hoboken, N. J. for conversion to a Submarine Tender

Placed in full commission, as USS Anthedon (AS-24), 15 September 1944, CDR. Richard E. Hawes in command

During World War II USS Anthedon was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater

Decommissioned, 21 September 1946, at New London, CT.

Laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet

Struck from the Naval Register, circa 1968-1969

Sold to Turkey, 7 February 1969, renamed TCG Donathan (A-583)

Final Disposition, scrapped date unknown

Specifications:
Displacement 16,500 t.(fl)
Length 492'
Beam 69' 6"
Draft 27'
Speed 18.4 kts. (trial)

Complement

Officers 82

Enlisted 1,378

Largest Boom Capacity 30 t.

Armament

one single 5"/38 cal dual purpose gun mount

four single 3"/50 cal dual purpose gun mounts

two twin40mm AA gun mounts

twenty single 20mm AA gun mounts

Fuel Capacity

Diesel 20,300 Bbls

Propulsion

one Westinghouse geared turbine

two Foster and Wheeler D-type boilers 465psi 765°

double Westinghouse Main Reduction Gear

Ship's Service Generators, four turbo-drive, 300Kw 120V/240V D.C.

single propeller, 8,500shp

Photo- Naiad Nymph, Greco-Roman mosaic from Zeugma C1st-2nd A.D., Gaziantep Museum of Archaeology, Gaziantep, Turkey/

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By
USS Anthedon (AS-24)
09362422	83k	*Namesake* Anthedon - The Naiad-nymph of the well or fountain of the town of Anthedon in Boiotia (central Greece). Naiades were the nymphs of rivers, streams, lakes, marshes, fountains and springs. They were minor goddesses who attended the assemblies of the gods on Mount Olympus	Tommy Trampp
	123k	*USS Anthedon* (AS-24)** under way near New York Navy Yard, 24 September 1944. US Navy photo # 80-G-282464 from the collections of the US Naval History and Heritage Command.	Robert Hurst
	52k	*USS Anthedon* (AS-24) under way, probably near New York Navy Yard, 24 September 1944. Note Anthedon** is painted Camouflage Measure 32, Design 12F (a green pattern). US National Archives photo # 80-G-282463, a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives	Robert Hurst and Randy Guttery
	817k	*USS Anthedon* (AS-24)** moored pierside at the US Submarine Base, Fremantle, Australia, while refitting Pacific Fleet submarines, 26 January 1945. US National Archives photo # 80-G-0863, from NARA, College Park, MD. US Navy Bureau of Aeronautics photo now in the collections of the US National Archives.	Sean Hart
	466k	*USS Anthedon* (AS-24)** moored pierside at the US Submarine Base, Fremantle, Australia, while refitting Pacific Fleet submarines, circa November 1944 to February 1945.	Kimberley Dunstan
	22k	*USS Anthedon* (AS-24)** moored pierside at the US Submarine Base, Fremantle, Australia, while refitting Pacific Fleet submarines, circa November 1944 to February 1945	Jack Treutle
	65k	*USS Anthedon* (AS-24)** departing Fremantle, Australia in October 1945 after helping to dismantle the US Submarine Base there.	Jack Treutle
TCG Donathan (A-583)
	53k	Ex-*USS Anthedon* (AS-24) at anchor while in Turkish Naval Service as TCG Donathan (A-583)**, date and location unknown.	Yucel M. Umar CPO (Ret) Turkish Navy
	59k	*TCG Donathan* (A-583)** under way, date and location unknown.	Yucel M. Umar CPO (Ret) Turkish Navy
	145k	*TCG Donathan* (A-583)** at anchor, date and location unknown.	Yucel M. Umar CPO (Ret) Turkish Navy
	90k	*TCG Donathan* (A-583)** moored, date and location unknown.	Yucel M. Umar CPO (Ret) Turkish Navy
	52k	*TCG Donathan* (A-583)** drydocked at Gölcük shipyard for repairs, date unknown.	Yucel M. Umar CPO (Ret) Turkish Navy
	97k	A Bell ASW helicopter landing on the flight deck of *TCG Donathan* (A-583)**, date and location unknown.	Cüneyt Demir
	96k	*TCG Donathan* (A-583)** drydocked at Gölcük shipyard for repairs, date unknown.	Cüneyt Demir
	127k	*TCG Donathan* (A-583)** under way in the Bosphorus Straits in 1985.	Cüneyt Demir
	94k	*TCG Donathan* (A-583)** moored at the Turkish Naval Repair Base, ölcük, date unknown.	Cüneyt Demir
	96k	Drawing of *TCG Donathan* (A-583)** by Cüneyt Demir, 1999.	Cüneyt Demir
	147k	*TCG Donathan* (A-583)** at anchor, date and location unknown.	Yucel M. Umar CPO (Ret) Turkish Navy
	159k	*TCG Donathan* (A-583)** at anchor, date and location unknown.	Yucel M. Umar CPO (Ret) Turkish Navy
	49k	*TCG Donathan* (A-583)** under way, date and location unknown.	Yucel M. Umar CPO (Ret) Turkish Navy

USS Anthedon (AS-24)
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)

Commanding Officers
	LCDR. Budd, James Hodgeson, USN	17 December 1943 - 30 December 1943 (Ferry Command Crew #4)
	Decommissioned	30 December 1943 - 15 September 1944
01	CDR. Hawes, Richard Ellington, USN :RADM	15 September 1944 - 28 October 1945


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