Rixey, Charles, RDML

                 USS Platte (AO-24)

• Laid down, date unknown, as a Maritime Commission type (T3-S2-A1) tanker hull under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 8) at Bethlehem Steel, Baltimore, MD., for Standard Oil of N.J.
• Launched, 8 July 1939
• Commissioned USS Platte (AO-24), 10 December 1939 at Norfolk, VA., CDR. Pal L. Meadows USN in command
• During World War II USS Platte was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaigns:

  Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
  Campaign and Dates	Campaign and Dates
  Pacific Raids, 1 February 1942	Tinian capture and occupation, 20 July to 10 August 1944
  Gilbert Islands operation, 21 to 24 November 1943	Western Caroline Islands operation Capture and occupation of southern Palau Islands, 6 September to 14 October 1944 Assault on the Philippine Islands, 9 to 24 September 1944
  Marshall Islands operation Occupation of Kwajalein and Majuro Atolls, 29 January to 8 February 1944 Occupation of Eniwetok Atoll, 17 February to 2 March 1944	Iwo Jima operation Assault and occupation of Iwo Jima, 15 to 26 February 1945
  Asiatic-Pacific Raids - 1944 Truk attack, 16 to 17 February 1944 Marianas attack, 21 to 22 February 1944 Truk, Satawan, Ponape raid, 29 April to 1 May 1944	Okinawa Gunto operation Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 16 March to 11 June 1945
  Hollandia operation, 21 to 24 April 1944	3rd Fleet operations against Japan, 10 to 18 July and 26 July to 15 August 1945
  Marianas operation Capture and occupation of Saipan, 11 June to 10 August 1944 3d Bonins raid, 3 to 4 July 1944 Capture and occupation of Guam, 12 July to 15 August 1944

  USS Platte was assigned to Occupation and China service from 1945 to 1956 in the Far East for the following periods:

• Navy Occupation Service Medal	China Service Medal (extended)
  2 to 29 September 1945	9 to 12 February 1946
  14 February to 10 March 1946	7 August to 26 October 1946
  21 March to 16 June 1946	10 to 20 January 1947
  13 December 1946 to 8 January 1947	10 December 1947 to 8 February 1948
  2 to 4 March 1947	23 February to 11 March 1948
  28 October to 9 December 1947	4 to 28 March 1949
  8 to 22 February 1948	18 to 21 June 1949
  20 April to 2 May 1949	29 July to 2 August 1949
  29 May to 17 June 1949	19 to 20 August 1949
  4 to 13 August 1949	17 May to 28 June 1951
  	13 to 28 April 1952
  	11 July to 14 August 1953
  	9 to 17 May 1954
  	11 to 19 July 1954
  	6 to 10 September 1954
  	9 to 30 June 1955
  	21 May to 21 June 1956

• During the Korean War USS Platte participated in the following campaigns:

  Korean War Campaigns
  Campaign and Dates	Campaign and Dates
  First UN Counter Offensive 4 to 11, 15, and 19 to 21 April 1951	Second Korean Winter 23 January to 3 February 1952 10 to 22 February 1952 3 to 10 March 1952 19 March to 6 April 1952
  Communist China Spring Offensive 22 to 26 April 1951 4 to 11 May 1951 22 to 26 April 1951	Korean Defense Summer-Fall 1952 8 to 21 June 1952 1 to 19 July 1952 26 July to 5 August 1952 14 to 29 August 1952 5 to 8 September 1952
  UN Summer-Fall Offensive 11 July to 3 August 1951 10 August to 5 Sep 1951	Korean, Summer-Fall 1953 11 to 21 May 1953 9 to 17, and 22 to 27 June 1953

• During the Vietnam War USS Platte (AO-24) participated in the following campaigns:

  Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal Vietnam Service Medal
  Campaigns and Dates	Campaigns and Dates
  Vietnam Advisory Campaign 2 February to 31 March 1965 8 April to 5 May 1965 12 May to 27 December 1965 5 to 16 June 1965	Vietnam Defense Campaign - Phase III 31 July to 08 August 1967 14 to 23 August 1967 28 August to 8 September 1967 13 to 22 September 1967 29 September to 9 October 1967 16 to 25 October1967 29 October to 1 November 1967 24 November to 5 December 1967 12 to 21 December 1967 6 to 15 January 1968
  Vietnam Defense Campaign 12 to 22 July 1965 28 July to 4 August 1965	Vietnam Defense Campaign - Phase V 17 to 23 September 1968 2 to 9, and 16 to 23 October 1968 29 October to 1 November 1968
  Vietnam Defense Counteroffensive 13 to 14, and 22 to 29 March 1966 7 to 15, and 26 to 30 April 1966 9 to 18 May1966 4 to 8, and 12 to 18 June 1966	Vietnam Defense Campaign - Phase VI 2 to 4 November 1968 11 to 16 November 1968 27 November to 2 December 1968 6 to 14, and 20 to 29 December 1968 6 to 18 February 1969
  Vietnam Defense Campaign - Phase II 3 to 11, and 15 to 20 July 1966 30 July to 6 August 1966	Vietnam Winter-Spring 1970 27 November to 6 December 1969 1 to 4, and 6 to 13 January 1970 4 to 13, and 18 to 22-February 1970 12 to 18 March 1970

• Decommissioned, early 1970s
• Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
• Transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal, 24 March 1971
• USS Platte earned eleven battle stars for World War II service, six battle stars for Korean War service, the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal and the Vietnam Service Medal with seven campaign stars for Vietnam War Service
• Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 20 April 1971, to Levin Metals Corp. (PD-X-905 dated 20 April 1971) for $117,577.00. Withdrawn from the Reserve Fleet, 14 May 1971