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USS Fabius (ARVA-5)

/International Radio Call Sign:
November - India - Romeo - India NIRI

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
Second Row - National Defense Service Medal - Korean Service Medal (1) - United Nations Korean Service Medal

Fabius Class Aircraft Repair Ship (Aircraft):

Authorized as LST-1093

Reclassified as an Aircraft Repair Ship (Aircraft), 8 December 1944

Laid down, 8 January 1945, at American Bridge Co., Ambridge, PA.

Launched, 11 April 1945

Commissioned, USS Fabius (ARVA-5). 7 June 1945, LCDR. A. Kutz,USN in command

Decommissioned, 30 April 1946, at San Diego, CA.

Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, San Diego Group

Recommissioned, 28 July 1950

During the Korean War USS Fabius participated in the following campaign;

Campaign and Dates
Korean War Campaign
UN Summer-Fall Offensive October 1951

Decommissioned, 4 April 1952, at San Diego, CA.

Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, San Diego Group

Struck from the Naval Register, 1 June 1973

Final Disposition, fate unknown

USS Fabius received one battle star for service in the Korean War

Specifications:
Displacement 2,110 t.(lt) 3,960 t.(fl), 4,100 t.(lim)
Length 328'
Beam 50'
Draft 11' 2" (lim)
Speed 11.6 kts.

Complement

Officers - 20

Enlisted - 225 240

Largest Boom Capacity 10 t.

Armament

two quad 40mm AA gun mounts

twelve 20mm AA guns

Propulsion

two General Motors 12-567A Diesel engines

single Falk Main Reduction Gear

Ship's Service Generators

three Diesel-drive 300Kw 120V/240V D.C.

two Diesel-drive 60Kw 230V A.C.

two shafts, twin rudders, 1,800shp

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Source
	64k	*USS Fabius* (ARVA-5) at Okinawa in October 1945. Fabius** arrived in Okinawa waters 10 September 1945 but could not come into port for some days because of a typhoon. US Navy photo	Jeff Burke
	33k	*USS Fabius* (ARVA-5)** underway, date and location unknown US Navy photo from DANFS.	US Naval Historical Center
	136k	*Aircraft Repair Division One, deployed and in operation at NAF, Yokosuka, Japan, 24 March 1951. This division consisted of USS Aventinus* (ARVE-3), foreground, and USS Fabius (ARVA-5)** US National Archives Photo No. 80-G-440496, RG-80-G. a US Navy Bureau of Ships photo from the Bureau of Ships Collection at the US National Archives.	Robert Hurst
	89k	*USS Fabius* (ARVA-5)** underway circa 1951 during her Korean War service. US Naval Historical Center photo # NH 84649 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center.	Robert Hurst
80-G-440504	85k	*USS Fabius* (ARVA-5)** underway, 6 July 1951, in the Kanmon Strait, between Honshu and Kyushu Islands, Japan. US National Archives Photos # 80-G-440506, RG-80-G and 80-G-44504, RG-80-G. US Navy photos now in the collections of the US National Archives.	Robert Hurst
80-G-440506	91k		Robert Hurst

USS Fabius (ARV(A)-5)
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)

Commanding Officers
01	LCDR. Kutz, Adam, USN	7 June 1945 - 30 August 1946


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