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USS Arayat (IX-134)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Juliet - Papa - Whiskey NJPW

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal

Mobile Floating Storage Tanker:

Laid down as the tanker SS War Patriot in 1918 at Fairfield Co., Ltd, Glasgow, Scotland

Delivered in 1919 to Tanker.Shipping Controller, Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co.

Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co. renamed SS War Patriot

Renamed SS Adna in 1921

Sold in 1927 to Hansen-Tangens Raderi, Christiansand, Norway, reflagged Norwegian

Resold in 1937 to Polena Soc.di Nav, Genoa, renamed SS Dentice, reflagged Italian

Seized by the government of Venezuela in 1940. renamed SS Faireno, reflagged Venezuelan

Acquired by the War Shipping Administration, Panama in 1943, managed by Cities Service Oil Co;

Acquired by the US Navy 13 April 1944

Commissioned, USS Arayat (IX-134), 18 April 1944, at Brisbane, Australia, LT. M. Himelfarb, USNR in command

During World War II USS Arayat (IX-134) was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater

Decommissioned, 15 February 1946, at Mobile, AL.

Delivered to the War Shipping Administration the same day for disposal

Returned to Italian Government per Executive Order 9935 signed by President Truman, 16 March 1948

Struck from the Naval Register, 12 March 1946

Final Disposition, scrapped in Savona, Italy in 1954

Specifications:
Displacement 12,275 t.(fl)
Length 431' 1"
Beam 52'
Draft 25' 8"
Speed 9.7 kts

Complement

Officers 8

Enlisted 100

Cargo Capacity Oil 47,000 Bbls

Armament

one single 5"/38 cal dual purpose gun mount

three twin 40mm AA gun mounts

eight single 20mm AA gun mounts

Fuel Capacity 5,000 Bbls

Propulsion

one vertical triple-expansion steam engine

three single-ended cylindrical Scotch boilers, 170psi, Sat.

two turbo-drive 35Kw 120V D.C. Ship's Service Generators

single propeller, 2,500shp

Size	Image Description	Contributed By
102k	SS Faireno undergoing modifications at Tampa Shipbuilding Co., 13 July 1943. This British-built ship was transferred from British to Italian registry in 1937, taken over by the Venezuelan Government in 1942, and then transferred to the U.S. War Shipping Administration. US National Archives, RG-19-LCM, Photo Nos. Unknown, courtesy Shipscribe.com.	Mike Green
93k		Mike Green
58k	*USS Arayat* (IX-134)** moored pierside, prior to commissioning. Photo by Rhea Demming USS Arayat	Maj Rich Clary USAF for his father Harold R. Clary USS Arayat and Rhea Demming USS Arayat
133k	*US Arayat* (IX-134)** moored pierside, date and location unknown. Photo by Rhea Demming USS Arayat	Maj Rich Clary USAF for his father Harold R. Clary USS Arayat and Rhea Demming USS Arayat
69k	*USS Arayat* (IX-134)** moored pierside, probably at Milne Bay or Hollandia, New Guinea, circa May 1944 to October 1945. Photo by Rhea Demming USS Arayat	Maj Rich Clary USAF for his father Harold R. Clary USS Arayat and Rhea Demming USS Arayat
78k	*USS Arayat* (IX-134)** looking forward toward the fo'c'sle. A good view of the bow mounted 5"/38 gun mount and the two forward 20mm gun mounts, date and location unknown. Photo by Rhea Demming USS Arayat	Maj Rich Clary USAF for his father Harold R. Clary USS Arayat and Rhea Demming USS Arayat
63k	*USS Arayat* (IX-134)** moored pierside at Mobile, AL., circa late January - early February 1946, prior to decommissioning. Photo by Rhea Demming USS Arayat	Maj Rich Clary USAF for his father Harold R. Clary USS Arayat and Rhea Demming USS Arayat
67k	*USS Arayat* (IX-134)** moored pierside at Mobile, AL., circa late January - early February 1946, prior to decommissioning. Photo by Rhea Demming USS Arayat	Maj Rich Clary USAF for his father Harold R. Clary USS Arayat and Rhea Demming USS Arayat
80k	*USS Arayat* (IX-134)** Harold R. Clary and Rhea Demming on liberty at Mobile, AL., late January - early February 1946.	Maj Rich Clary USAF for his father Harold R. Clary USS Arayat and Rhea Demming USS Arayat