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Contributed by Al Grazevich

USS Guadalupe (AO-32)

International Call Sign:
November - India - Bravo - Papa NIBP

JANAP Tactical Voice Radio Call Sign - Glitter (K)ilo - Section 6A of JANAP 119(F) 1968

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Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons





Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation - China Service Medal (extended)
Second Row - American Defense Service Medal (with Fleet clasp) - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (14)
Third Row - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - National Defense Service Medal (2)
Fourth Row - Korean Service Medal (6) - Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (Taiwan Straits, Vietnam, Korea) - Vietnam Service Medal (10)
Fifth Row - Philippine Liberation Medal (2) - Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal - Republic of Korea War Service Medal

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During World War II USS Guadalupe participated in the following campaigns:

Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
Campaign and Dates	Campaign and Dates
Midway, 3 to 6 June 1942	Tinian capture and occupation, July to August 1944
Capture and Defense of Guadalcanal, 29 August to 16 December 1942	Western Caroline Islands operation Raids on Volcano-Bonin Islands and Yap Island, 31 August to 8 September 1944 Capture and occupation of southern Palau Islands, 5 September to 14 October 1944 Assaults on the Philippine Islands, 9 to 24 September 1944
Aleutians operation Attu occupation, 11May to 2 June 1943	Leyte operation Luzon attacks, 20 to 25 November 1944
Gilbert Islands operation, 21 to 24 November 1943	Luzon operation Formosa attacks, 3 to 4 January 1945 Luzon attacks, 6 to 7 January 1945 China Coast attacks, 16 January 1945
Marshall Islands operation Occupation of Eniwetok Atoll, 17 February to 2 March 1944	Hollandia operation, 21 to 24 April 1944
Asiatic-Pacific Raids - 1944 Truk attack, 16 to 17 February 1944 Marianas attack, 21 to 22 February 1944 Palau, Yap, Ulithi, Woleai raid, 30 March to 1 April 1944 Truk, Satawan, Ponape raid, 29 April to 1 May 1944	Iwo Jima operation Assault and occupation of Iwo Jima, 23 February to 5 March 1945
Marianas operation Capture and occupation of Saipan, 11 June to 10 August 1944 3rd Bonins raid, 3 to 4 July 1944 Capture and occupation of Guam, 12 July to 15 August 1944	Okinawa Gunto operation 5th and 3d Fleet raids in support of Okinawa Gunto operation, 25 March to 18 May 1945

Following World War II and the Korean Wars USS Guadalupe was assigned to Occupation service in the Far East and China service for the following periods;

Navy Occupation Service Medal	China Service Medal (extended)
6 September 1945 to 6 April 1946	10 to 17 June 1946
11 October to 6 December 1946	11 October to 6 December 1946
20 May to 9 June 1946	22 January to 2 February 1947
15 June to 29 July 1946	29 August to 1 September 1947
2 September to 10 October 1946	11 to 16 January 1950
12 to 26 January 1947	30 January to 6 February 1950
3 to 7 February 1947	15 to 20 March 1950
12 to 27 August 1947	26 March to 5 April 1950
8 to 10 June 1948	10 December 1950 to 5 January 1951
14 August to 9 September 1948	10 March to 2 April 1954
	29 May to 11 June 1954
	14 January to 5 February 1955

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

Korean War Campaigns
Campaign and Dates	Campaign and Dates
Communist China Aggression 17 to 24 January 1951	Second Korean Winter 28 November to 26 December 1951 9 January to 6 February 1952 22 February to 11 March 1952
First UN Counter Offensive 4 February to 22 March 1951	Korean Defense Summer-Fall 1952 23 August to 6 September 1952 13 to 24 September 1952 3 to 19 October 1952 24 October 2 November 1952
UN Summer-Fall Offensive 26 to 27 November 1951	Third Korean Winter 14 to 22 January 1953 10 to 18 February 1953 2 to 10 March 1953 22 March to 1 April 1953 17 to 24 April 1953

During the Vietnam War USS Guadalupe participated in the following campaigns:

Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal Vietnam Service Medal
Campaigns and Dates	Campaigns and Dates
Vietnam Advisory Campaign 6 January 1962 20 January 1962 24 March to 5 April 1962 6 to 15 December 1964 2 December 1964 to 2 January 1965 11 to 17 February 1965 22 February 1965 12 to 21 March 1965 4 to 27 April 1965 14 to 15 May 1965	Vietnam Summer-Fall 1969 27 June to 4 July 1969 9 to 18 July 1969 23 July to 1 August 1969 5 to 13 and 17 to 24 August 1969 14 to 22 September 1969 26 September to 4 October 1969 8 to 11 and 16 to 23 October 1969
Vietnam Counteroffensive 13 to 19 February 1966 27 February to 5 March 1966 15 to 26 March 1966 1 to 6 and 17 to 22 April 1966 27 April to 10 May 1966 25 to 29 May 1966 6 to 11 June 1966	Vietnam Counteroffensive - Phase VII 4 to 12 and 16 to 25 August 1970 31 August to 8 September 1970 14 to 21 September 1970 30 September to 10 October 1970 14 to 23 October 1970
Vietnam Counteroffensive - Phase II 31 March to 4 April 1967 27 April to 3 May 1967 8 to 17 and 24 to 31 May 1967	Consolidation I 29 October to 2 November 1971 4 to 7 and 14 to 20 November 1971
Vietnam Counteroffensive - Phase III 5 to 14 and 21 to 28 June 1967 20 July to 1 August 1967 9 to 22 August 1967	Consolidation II 23 December 1971 to 2 January 1972 9 to 14 and 21 to 25 January 1972 1 to 9 February 1972 28 February to 13 March 1972
Vietnam Counteroffensive - Phase IV 27 May to 4 June 1968 17 to 26 June 1968	Vietnam Ceasefire 14 to 20 April 1972 25 April to 2 May 1972 8 to 12 and 19 to 29 May 1972 5 to 12 and 18 to 27 June 1972 8 to 10 July 1972
Vietnam Counteroffensive - Phase V 10 to 20 and 24 to 31 July 1968 7 to 14 and 21 to 23 August 1968 29 August to 5 September 1968 9 to 17 September 1968 23 September to 2 October 1968 7 to 15 October 1968

Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 16 October 1975, to Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Co., Newport News, VA. (PD-X-1000 dated 4 September 1975 as one of a seven ship deal for $1,500,000.00

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Specifications:
Displacement 7,470 t.(lt) 25,440 t.(fl)
Length 553'
Beam 75'
Draft 32' 4"
Speed 18.3 kts (trial)

Complement

Officers 23

Enlisted 296

Armament

one single 5"/38 cal dual purpose gun mounts

three single 3"/50 cal dual purpose gun mounts

three twin 40mm AA gun mounts

four twin 20mm AA gun mounts

Cargo Capacity 16,500DWT

Oil 123,700 Bbls

Gasoline 788,000 Gals

Fuel Capacity NSFO 15,000 Bbls

Propulsion

two Newport News geared turbines

four Foster and Wheeler K-type boilers, 450psi 750°

double DeLaval Main Reduction Gears

two turbo-drive 400Kw 230V A.C. Ship's Service Generators

twin propellers, 13,500shp

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Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Source
Merchant Service Standard Oil of New Jersey
	456k	Mrs. William L. Inslee christening SS Esso Raleigh, 26 January 1940, at Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock, Co., Newport News, VA.		S. Dale Hargrave
	93k	SS Esso Raleigh moored pierside with an oil barge and tug alongside, circa 1940, location unknown. Photo courtesy Auke Visser's Famous T - Tankers Page.		Robert Hurst
USS Guadalupe (AO-32)
091903228	170k	Namesake Guadalupe - The Guadalupe River runs from Kerr County, Texas, to San Antonio Bay into the Gulf of Mexico. It is a popular destination for rafting, fly fishing, and canoeing. Larger cities along it include Kerrville, New Braunfels, Seguin, Gonzales, Cuero, and Victoria. It has several dams along its length, the most notable of which, Canyon Dam, forms Canyon Lake northwest of New Braunfels. Photo - A bluff on the Guadalupe River in Guadalupe River State Park ©Larry D. Moore Map - Guadalupe River watershed ©I. Kuru		Tommy Trampp
091903233	119k	USS Guadalupe (AO-32) underway 21 June 1941, in Hampton Roads, VA. with the assistance of tugs two days after commissioning. She wears Camouflage Measure 1. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command. Photo # 9-N-24302. by Hughes Co., Baltimore, Maryland		Robert Hurt
	44k	USS Guadalupe (AO-32) underway bound for the Philippines in September 1941 with a deck cargo of six PT boats ( PT-31, PT-32, PT-33, PT-34, PT-35 and PT-41) of PTRon Three.		Robert Hurst (091903203) Richard Jaslovsky (120503101) Photo by ELCO Naval Division, Electric Boat Company, Bayonne, N.J.
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	74k	Amidships looking forward plan view of USS Guadalupe (AO 32) in San Francisco, 2 March 1943. Mare Island Navy Yard photo # 1621-3-43, 3/2/43.		Darryl Baker
	83k	Forward plan view of USS Guadalupe (AO 32) in San Francisco, 2 March 1943. Mare Island Navy Yard photo # 1622-3-43, 3/2/43.		Darryl Baker
	33k	USS Guadalupe (AO-32) moored to a buoy, date and location unknown.
NS0209cz	352k	USS Essex (CV-9) underway from Pearl Harbor to operations in Southwest Pacific area, as part of Task Group (TG) 53.3. USS Guadalupe (AO-32) is refueling Essex 1 November 1943. Photo by Bob Lehman, USS John Rodgers(DD-574).		John Chiquoine
	84k	USS Guadalupe (AO-32), refueling USS Maury (DD-401) and a carrier, circa November 1943.		Edward H. Cleary
	97k	USS Guadalupe (AO-32) moored to a buoy, date and location unknown. Photo courtesy Auke Visser's Famous T - Tankers Pages.		Robert Hurst
NS023172	792k	USS Guadalupe (AO-32) refuels destroyer USS Uhlmann (DD-687) and aircraft carrier USS Bon Homme Richard (CVA-31) during operations off Korea, 31 October 1952. Carrier Air Group (CVG) 7 was embarked aboard Bonnie Dick. US National Archives photo # 80-G-449900, a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives		David Buell
	22k	USS Guadalupe (AO-32), at unknown fuel pier, date unknown.		Edward H. Cleary
	67k	USS Guadalupe (AO-32) underway in 1963, location unknown. US Navy photo.		Robert Hurst
091903229	76k	USS Guadalupe (AO-32) underway, date and location unknown. US Navy photo.		Tommy Trampp
	40k	USS Guadalupe (AO-32) coming alongside USS Ticonderoga (CVA-14) to conduct an underway replenishment in WestPac, circa 3 January to 15 July 1963		Sal Vacca, AE2, VAW-11 Detachment Bravo, USS Ticonderoga (CVA-14)
	155k	USS Ajax (AR-6) with USS Guadalupe (AO-32) alongside for repair at Ulithi, 9 February 1945. Guadalupe was damaged in a collision with USS Nantahala (AO-60) in January 1945. United States National Archives, Photo No. 80-G-352335, a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives.		Mike Green
	212k	USS Guadalupe (AO-32) preparing to moor pierside in 1961, location unknown.		Mike Smolinski
	80k	USS Guadalupe (AO-32) refueling USS Ranger (CVA-61) and USS Worden (DLG-18) in WestPac, circa 1964-65. Photo from USS Ranger Cruise book 1964-65		John Slaughter USS Ranger
	98k	USS Guadalupe (AO-32) underway, circa 1966, location unknown.		© Richard Leonhardt
	84k	USS Guadalupe (AO-32) refueling HMAS Hobart (D39) off Vietnam in the spring of 1967. Hobart was taking part in Operation Sea Dragon. US Navy photo by Eric Bollin, USN.		Robert Hurst
	870k	USS Guadalupe (AO-32) refueling USS Esteem (MSO-438) off the coast of Vietnam in the spring of 1973 during Operation Endsweep.		Photo by CDR Michael Cosgrove USN Ret.USS Conquest
	53k	USS Guadalupe (AO-32) under way, date and location unknown. Photo courtesy Auke Visser's Famous T - Tankers Pages.		Robert Hurst
091903230	224k	USS Guadalupe (AO-32) at anchor, date and location unknown.		Nicholas Tiberio
091903231	260k	USS Guadalupe (AO-32) underway, date and location unknown.		Nicholas Tiberio
091903232	206k

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USS Guadalupe (AO-32) conducting a replenishment at sea with USS Iwo Jima (LPH-2) in 1967 in the South China Sea. (As seen from Iwo Jima)
Contributed by Larry Lee for his step-father CSC H.R. Adams

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USS Guadalupe Miscellaneous Memorabilia

Contributed by Tommy Trampp

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For more photos and information about USS Guadalupe, see: Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships MARAD Vessel History Database USS Guadalupe AO 32

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Commanding Officers
01	CDR. Thurber, Harry Raymond	19 October 1941 - 24 May 1942
02	CDR. Freeman Sr., James Shepherd, USN (USNA 1921-B) :RADM	24 May 1942 - 10 January 1943
03	CDR. Anderson, Herbert Augustus	10 January 1943 - 26 December 1944
04	LCDR. Boddy, Charles A.	26 December 1944 - 14 June 1945
05	CDR. Gardner, Robert Neal	14 June 1945 - January 1946
06	CDR. Quinn, John :RADM	January 1946 - December 1946
07	CAPT. Moore, Granville Alexander :RADM	1948 - September 1949
08	CAPT. Lincoln, Horatio Alonzo	September 1949 - 1950
09	CAPT. Warburton, Audley Lyne :RADM	1950 - 1951
10	CDR. Alexander, Joe McKnitt, USN (USNA 1934)	10 May 1953 - 17 July 1954
11	CAPT. Wildt, Victor Harold, USN (USNA 1937)	17 July 1954 - June 1955
12	CAPT. Lewis, Joseph Seaman	June 1955 - 1956
13	CAPT. Hansen, James Richard	January 1957 - April 1958
14	CAPT. Weisner, Maurice Franklin (Mickey), USN (USNA 1941) :ADM	September 1960 - 3 October 1961
15	CAPT. Berthrong, Raymond, USN (USNA 1938)	3 October 1961 - 17 August 1962
16	CAPT. Morrison, George Stephen, USN (USNA 1941) :RADM	17 August 1962 - 25 September 1963
17	CAPT. Brines, George Ransom, USN	25 September 1963 - August 1964
18	CAPT. Massie, Malcolm Roy (Black Jack)	August 1964 - 1 November 1966
19	CAPT. Murphy Sr., Daniel Josephus, USN :ADM	1 November 1966 - 10 October 1967
20	CAPT. Pierre Jr., Emile Eugene, USN	10 October 1967 - January 1969
21	CAPT. Brown, Francis Taylor, USN :RADM	January 1969 - April 1971
22	CDR. Colley, Richard Thomas, USN	April 1971 - 1973
23	CDR. Krumm Jr., Theodore George, USN (USNA 1959)	1973 - 15 May 1975

Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler and Ron Reeves

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

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