Military Awards and Honors
Conserver received nine battle stars for Korean war service:
- North Korean Aggression
- Communist China Aggression
- Inchon Landing
- First UN Counter Offensive
- UN Summer-Fall Offensive
- Second Korean Winter
- Third Korean Winter
- Korea, Summer-Fall 1953
She received the following campaign stars for the Vietnam War:
- Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase II
- Tet Counteroffensive
- Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase IV
- Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase V
- Vietnam Summer-Fall 1969
- Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase VII
Her crew was eligible for the following medals, ribbons, and commendations:
- Secretary of the Navy Letter of Commendation
- Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation
- Navy Battle "E" Ribbon (4)
- China Service Medal
- American Campaign Medal
- Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal
- World War II Victory Medal
- Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)
- National Defense Service Medal (2)
- Korean Service Medal (8)
- Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (Taiwan Straits)
- Vietnam Service Medal (6)
- Sea Service Deployment Ribbon
- Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross Unit Citation
- United Nations Service Medal
- Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
- Republic of Korea War Service Medal (retroactive)
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