Laulor, Richard, CAPT

Deceased
 
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Last Rank
Captain
Last Primary NEC
110X-Unrestricted Line Officer - No Specialty Engagement
Last Rating/NEC Group
Line Officer
Primary Unit
1956-1957, 170X, Commander Submarine Squadron 8 (COMSUBRON 8), Commander Submarine Squadron 6 (COMSUBGRU 6)
Service Years
1945 - 1976
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Home State
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
Year of Birth
1927
 
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Contact Info
Home Town
Phoenixville
Last Address
3100 Tradition Circle, Apt. #2108
Mt. Pleasant, SC 29466
Date of Passing
Aug 30, 2017
 
Location of Interment
Arlington National Cemetery (VLM) - Arlington, Virginia
Wall/Plot Coordinates
Interment scheduled for 9/13/2018

 Official Badges 

WW II Honorable Discharge Pin Honorable Discharge Emblem (WWII) US Naval Reserve Honorable Discharge


 Unofficial Badges 

Order of the Shellback Order of the Golden Dragon


 Military Associations and Other Affiliations
United States Naval Academy Alumni Association & FoundationLifetime MemberBranch 181Military Officers Association of America (MOAA)
Association of the United States Navy (AUSN)Altoona CouncilReserve Organization of AmericaUnited States Navy Memorial
Navy Together We ServedNational Cemetery Administration (NCA)
  1954, United States Naval Academy Alumni Association & Foundation - Assoc. Page
  1976, United States Submarine Veterans, Inc. (USSVI), Lifetime Member (Vice President) - Chap. Page
  1976, Fleet Reserve Association (FRA), Branch 181 (Member) (Arlington, Virginia) - Chap. Page
  1977, Military Officers Association of America (MOAA) - Assoc. Page
  1977, Association of the United States Navy (AUSN)
  1978, Navy League of the United States, Altoona Council (Altoona, Pennsylvania) - Chap. Page
  1980, Reserve Organization of America
  2007, United States Navy Memorial - Assoc. Page
  2010, Navy Together We Served
  2017, National Cemetery Administration (NCA)


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  1945-1946, S2c-0000, USS Arayat (IX-134)

Seaman Second Class

From Month/Year
- / 1945

To Month/Year
- / 1946

Unit
USS Arayat (IX-134) Unit Page

Rank
Seaman Second Class

NEC
S2c-0000-Seaman 2nd Class

Base, Station or City
Not Specified

State/Country
Not Specified
 
 
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 USS Arayat (IX-134) Details

USS Arayat (IX-134)


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.
  • Ango-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 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



Type
Surface Vessel
 

Parent Unit
Surface Vessels

Strength
Not Specified

Created/Owned By
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