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USS Zenobia (AKA-52)

Flag Hoist/International Radio Call Sign:
November - Hotel - Hotel - Delta

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

USS Zenobia was transferred to Chile and renamed Presidente Pinto

Artemis Class Attack Cargo Ship:

Laid down, as a Maritime Commission type (S4-SE2-BE1) hull, under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 1913), at Welsh-Kaiser Co. Shipbuilding Div., Providence, R.I.

Launched, 6 July 1945

Commissioned USS Zenobia (AKA-52), 6 August 1945, at Boston Navy Yard, Boston, MA., LCDR. F. C. Rice, USNR in command

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

Decommissioned, 7 May 1946, at Brooklyn N.Y.

Turned over to the government of Chile at Brooklyn, renamed Presidente Pinto

Struck from the Naval Register, 30 November 1946

Final Disposition, fate unknown, possibly decommissioned in 1968 and scrapped in 1974

Specifications:
Displacement 4,087 t.(lt) 7,080 t(fl)
Length 426'
Beam 58'
Draft 16' (lim)
Speed 16.9 kts.

Complement

Officers 27

Enlisted 276

Armament

one single 5"/38 cal dual purpose gun mount

four twin 40mm AA gun mounts

ten single 20mm AA gun mounts

Cargo capacity 980 DWT

non-refrigerated 110,000 Cu. ft.

Boats

one LCP(L)

twelve LCVPs

two LCMs

Troop Capacity 264

Fuel Capacities

NSFO 9,540 Bbls

Diesel 365 Bbls

Propulsion

two Westinghouse turbo-electric engines

two Wickes boilers, 450psi 750°

Ship's Service Generators
two turbo-drive 100Kw 120V/240V D.C.
one turbo-drive 150Kw 450V A.C.
two turbo-drive 250Kw 450V A.C.

twin propellers, 6,000shp.

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By
USS Zenobia (AKA-52)
	111k	*USS Zenobia* (AKA-52)**, launching, 6 July 1945 at Welsh-Kaiser Co. Shipbuilding Div, Providence, R.I.	Mark J. Deputy for his grandfather Otto Holzwarth - Machinist Mate USS Zenobia
	73k	*USS Zenobia* (AKA-52)*, commissioning day crew photo, 6 August 1945 at Boston Navy Yard. US Naval History and Heritage Command Photo # UA 486.02* Wesley D. Carbary Collection	Mark J. Deputy for his grandfather Otto Holzwarth - Machinist Mate USS Zenobia
	68k	*USS Zenobia* (AKA-52)** enroute from the Boston Navy Yard back to Providence, R.I., note that there are shipyard workers, their equipment and tool boxes still on board, August 1945.	Mark J. Deputy for his grandfather Otto Holzwarth - Machinist Mate USS Zenobia
	217k	*USS Zenobia* (AKA-52)** crew photos.	Tommy Trampp
Presidente Pinto (AKA-41)
100205207	95k	Ex-*USS Zenobia* (AKA-52)** in Brooklyn Navy Yard, 28 March 1947, being re-fitted for Chilean Naval service. US National Archives photo # 19-N-119972, US Navy Bureau of Ships photo now in the collections of the US National Archives..	Rick Davis and and John Chiquoine
	32k	Chilean Naval transport Presidente Pinto (AKA-41), in Chilean a water circa 1955. Official Chilean Navy photo.	Robert Hurst
	111k	Presidente Pinto (AKA-41) underway, date and location unknown. Official Chilean Navy photo from Janes Fighting Ships (1967-1968.	Mike Green

USS Zenobia (AKA-52)
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)

Commanding Officers
01	CDR. Rice, Frederic C., USNR	26 August 1945 - 13 November 1945
02	CDR. Fels, John Robert, USNR	13 November 1945 - 12 December 1946
03	CAPT. Haley, Ignatius Joseph, USNR	12 December 1946 - 7 May 1946

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

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