Awards
Caliente received 10 battle stars for World War II.
- Marshall Island Operations Spring 1944
- Asiatic-Pacific Raids Spring 1944
- Hollandia Operation Spring 1944
- Marianas Operation Summer 1944
- Tinian Capture and Operation Summer 1944
- Western Caroline Islands Operation Summer-Fall 1944
- Leyte Operations Fall 1944
- Luzon Operation Winter 1944-45
- Okinawa Gunto Operation Summer 1945
- 3rd Fleet Operations Against Japan Summer 1945
She received 4 battle stars for the Korean War:
- Communist China Spring Offensive
- UN Summer-Fall Offensive
- Korean Defense Summer-Fall 1952
- Korea, Summer-Fall 1953
She received 8 campaign stars for Vietnam War service:
- Vietnam Defense
- Tet Counteroffensive
- Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase IV
- Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase V
- Tet/69 Counteroffensive
- Vietnam Summer-Fall 1969
- Sanctuary Counteroffensive
- Vietnamese Ceasefire
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