Military Awards and Honors
Grapple received three battle stars for World War II service:
- Marianas operation
- Western Caroline Islands operation
- Luzon operation
She received one campaign star during the Korean War:
- Korean Defense Summer-Fall 1952
She received five campaign stars during the Vietnam War:
- Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase IV
- Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase V
- Vietnam Summer-Fall 1969
- Vietnam Winter-Sprint 1970
- Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase VII
Her crew was eligible for the following medals and ribbons:
- Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive, 15 September 1944 and 30 December 1944)
- Navy Unit Commendation
- Navy E Ribbon
- American Campaign Medal
- Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (3)
- World War II Victory Medal
- National Defense Service Medal (2)
- Korean Service Medal (1)
- Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (1-Taiwan Straits)
- Vietnam Service Medal (5)
- Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross Unit Citation (2)
- Philippines Liberation Medal (1)
- United Nations Service Medal
- Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
- Republic of Korea War Service Medal (retroactive)
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