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USS Deliver (ARS-23)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Juliet - Alpha - Juliet
NJAJ

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (27-28FEB68)
Second Row - Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation (2) - China Service Medal (extended) - American Campaign Medal
Third Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)
Fourth Row - National Defense Service Medal (2) - Korean Service Medal (3) - Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (1-Op. Frequent Wind)
Fifth Row - Vietnam Service Medal (9) - Humanitarian Service Medal (Frequent Wind) - Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross Unit Citation (3)
Sixth Row - United Nations Service Medal - Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal - Republic of Korea War Service Medal (retroactive)

USS Deliver (ARS-23) was transferred to South Korea

Diver Class Rescue and Salvage Ship:

Laid down, 2 April 1943, at Basalt Rock Co. Inc., Napa, CA.

Launched, 25 September 1943

Commissioned USS Deliver (ARS-23), 14 July 1944

During the World War II USS Deliver (ARS-23) was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaign

Campaign and Dates
Asiatic-Pacific Campaign
Okinawa Gunto operation Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 20 April to 30 June 1945

Following World War II USS Deliver was assigned to Occupation and China service in the Far East for the following periods:

Navy Occupation Service Medal	China Service Medal (extended)
14 September to 8 December 1945	17 April to 1 September 1947
10 to 14 September 1948	15 September to 15 December 1948

USS Deliver (ARS-23) was assigned to Joint Task Force 1, Task Unit 1.2.7 Target Vessel Group - Salvage Units for Operation Crossroads the atomic bomb tests at Bikini Atoll in July 1946

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

Campaigns and Dates	Campaigns and Dates
Korean War Campaigns
UN Summer-Fall Offensive 21 July1951 17 August to 7 September 1951 13 September 1951 21 September 1951 9 to 27 October 1951 4 to 21 November 1951	Korea, Summer-Fall 1953 21 to 24 May 1953 9 June to 3 July 1953 21 to 27 July 1953
Second Korean Winter 22 to 29 November 1951 2 to 7 December 1951 1 to 19 January 1952

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

Campaigns and Dates	Campaigns and Dates
Vietnam War Campaigns
Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase II 24 July to 25 August 1966	Sanctuary Counteroffensive 29 May to 11 June 1970
Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase III 26 December 1967 to 24 January 1968	Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase VII 6 July to 5 August 1970 19 August to 3 September 1970 5 to 24 October 1970
Tet Counteroffensive 26 February to 29 March 1968	Consolidation I 29 to 30 November 1971
Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase IV 21 April to 23 May 1968 24 May -MAY to 10 June 1968	Consolidation II 30 January to 12 March 1972
Vietnam Summer-Fall 1969 10 to 25 August 1969

Decommissioned, struck from the Naval Register, 1 August 1979, at Pearl Harbor, HI.

USS Deliver earned one battle star for World War II service, three battle stars for Korean War service and nine campaign stars for Vietnam War service

Transferred (sold) to South Korea under the Security Assistance Program, 15 August 1979

Current Disposition, active in South Korean Navy

Specifications:
Displacement 1,530 t.(lt).1,900 t.(fl)
Length 213' 5"
Beam 39'
Draft 14' 4" (lim)
Speed 12 kts.
Largest Boom Capacity 10 t.

Complement

7 Officers

113 Enlisted

Armament

three twin 40mm gun mounts, reduced to one single 40mm gun mount, during 1963-64 overhaul

four .50 cal machine guns, removed during 1963-64 overhaul

Fuel Capacities

Diesel 2,300 Bbls

Gasoline 2,450 Gals

Propulsion

two 6-cylinder Cooper Bessemerr GSB-8 diesel-electric engines

single Fairbanks-Morse Main Reduction Gears
Ship's Service Generators
two Diesel-drive 200Kw 120V D.C.
one Diesel-drive 60Kw 120V D.C.

twin propellers, 3,000 SHP

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By
	64k	*USS Deliver* (ARS-23)** underway, date and location unknown.	Submitted by Bill Bach to National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors
	67k	Bow on view of *USS Deliver* (ARS-23)** departing Navy Yard Mare Island, 25 March 1946. Navy Yard Mare Island photo # 1205-46.	Darryl Baker
	94k	Broadside view of *USS Deliver* (ARS-23) departing Navy Yard Mare Island, 25 March 1946. Deliver** was in overhaul at Navy Yard Mare Island from 28 February to 8 April 1946. Navy Yard Mare Island photo # 1203-46.	Darryl Baker
	54k	Stern view of *USS Deliver* (ARS-23)** departing Navy Yard Mare Island, 25 March 1946. Navy Yard Mare Island photo # 1201-46.	Darryl Baker
	126k	Forward plan view of *USS Deliver* (ARS-23) at Navy Yard Mare Island, 17 October 1946. Deliver** was under repair at Navy Yard Mare Island from 9 October 1946 to 2 January 1947. Navy Yard Mare Island photo # 3612-46.	Darryl Baker
	55k	*USS Deliver* (ARS-23) with USS Apogon (SS-308)** alongside, date and location unknown.	Submitted by Bill Bach to National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors
09372312	174k	*USS Deliver* (ARS-23) at anchor with a submarine alongside. This photo was probably taken during one of Deliver**'s China Service tours in either 1947 or 1948.	The Collection of S.A. Honour
	22k	*USS Deliver* (ARS-23)** underway, date and location unknown.	Submitted by Dennis Stephenson to National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors
	98k	*USS Deliver* (ARS-23)** pierside, October 1960, Pearl Harbor, H.I.	Charles Tremblay EN2 USN USS Sunnadin
	45k	*USS Deliver* (ARS-23)** underway, date and location unknown.	Tom Langford
	110k	*USS Deliver* (ARS-23)** underway off Oahu, Hawaii, 13 April 1963. Her original two 40mm twin gun mounts and their large gun tubs have been replaced with a single 40mm gun on the center line on the signal bridge. US Navy photo # KN-5507 courtesy Shipscribe.	Mike Green
	191k	*USS Deliver* (ARS-23)** moored pierside Naval Shipyard Pearl Harbor, HI., date unknown. Photo by Michael Longseth.	Ron Reeves

USS Deliver (ARS-23)
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)

Commanding Officers
01	LCDR. Holst, Svere M.	18 July 1944 - 22 February 1945
02	LT. Anderson, Adrian Wallace, USNR	22 February 1945 - 18 November 1945
03	LT. Sharp, Frederick W.	18 November 1945 - 8 February 1947
04	LT. Ward, Raymond Edward	8 February 1947 - 13 November 1948
05	LT. Barber, Broughton J.	13 November 1948 - 23 July 1949
06	LTjg. Farrell, Edward Vincent, USN (acting)	23 July 1949 - 1 September 1949
07	LT. Smith, Frank	1 September 1949 - 14 May 1951
08	LT. Tutt, Wilson Fred, USN	14 May 1951 - 4 April 1953
09	LT. Kowalchyk, Peter	4 April 1953 - 10 December 1954
10	LCDR. Simms, Ernest Edgar	10 December 1954 - 12 February 1955
11	LCDR. Sloan, William Lewis	12 February 1955 - 14 April 1956
12	LCDR. Webb, Arthur James	14 April 1956 - 14 March 1958
13	LT. Howard, William Meyer	14 March 1958 - 28 April 1960
14	LCDR. Bean, Francis T.	28 April 1960 - 13 October 1962
15	LCDR. Mann Jr., Charles Leslie, USN	13 October 1962 - 7 December 1964
16	LCDR. Abbott, Leonard Joseph	7 December 1964 - 10 November 1966
17	LCDR. Anderson, Archie Arnold	10 November 1966 - 18 December 1968
18	LCDR. Belson, Douglas Arsene	18 December 1968 - 30 June 1971
19	LCDR. Manning, Sidney Elwood	30 June 1971 - 6 October 1973
20	LCDR. Bole Jr., Robert Fulton	6 October 1973 - 6 December 1974
21	LT. Riley Jr., Francis Clair, USN (USNA 1968) (acting)	6 December 1974 - 24 December 1974
22	LCDR. Anderson, Gerald Lee	24 December 1974 - 3 February 1977
23	LCDR. Shannon Jr., John Robert	3 February 1977 - 6 October 1978
24	LCDR. Lynch, Robert Burgess	6 October 1978 - 22 June 1979
25	LT. Holmstrom, Garry, USN (USNA 1971)	22 June 1979 - 15 August 1979


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