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AO-2 / AG-124 Maumee

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Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - China Service Medal (extended) - World War I Victory Medal (with Transport clasp) - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal

USS Maumee (AG-124) was transferred to the Republic of China and renamed ROCS Omei (AO-509)
Maumee Class Fleet Oiler:
  • Laid down, 23 July 1914, at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, CA.
  • Launched, 17 April 1915
  • Commissioned USS Maumee, Fuel Ship No. 14, 20 October 1916, LCDR. Henry C. Dinger in command
  • Designated (AO-2), 17 July 1920
  • Decommissioned, 9 June 1922 at Philadelphia Navy Yard, Philadelphia, PA.
  • Laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet at Philadelphia
  • Recommissioned, 2 June 1942
  • Redesignated Miscellaneous Auxiliary (AG-124), 15 July 1945
  • Decommissioned, 5 November 1946 at Tsingtao, China and simultaneously Transferred under the Lend Lease Program to Nationalist China, renamed ROCS Omei (AO-509)
  • Permanently transferred to Nationalist China, 7 February 1948
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 12 March 1948
  • Final Disposition, scrapped August 1967 at Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    Specifications:
    Displacement 5,723 t.(lt) 14,800 t.(fl)
    Length 475' 1"
    Beam 56' 2"
    Draft 26' 8"
    Speed 14.3 kts.
    Complement 475
    Armament four 4" gun mounts
    Propulsion four Ward boilers, two vertical triple-expansion reciprocating steam engines, twin screws, 6,080shp
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    USS Maumee (Fuel Ship #14) (AO-2)
    Maumee 288k Maumee (AO-2) moored pierside at Navy Yard Mare Island, while under construction, circa late April - early May 1914. Aft of Maumee is the yard tug Active (Harbor Tug No. 14) and forward of her is the Armored Cruiser Maryland (Armored Cruiser No. 8) Darryl Baker
    Maumee 70k Maumee ( Fuel Ship No. 14) at anchor shortly after completion, 25 February 1916.
    US Navy photo # NR&L(M) 13287    		 Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
    Maumee 54k Maumee (AO-2) underway, date and location unknown.
    US Navy photo from Underseawarfare magazine    		 Darryl Baker
    Maumee 76k Maumee (AO-2) underway, date and location unknown. Camouflage scheme is measure 12(modified).
    US Navy photo # NR&L(M) 733175    		 Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
    Maumee 34k Maumee (AO-2) underway, 22 July 1942, location unknown. Camouflage scheme is measure 12(modified).
    US Navy photo    		 Stan Svec
    ROCS Omei (AO-509)
    Maumee 29k ex-Maumee (AO-2) in Taiwanese service as Omei (AO-509) at anchor, circa 1963, location unknown. Republic of China Navy web site
    Maumee 53k Omei (AO-509) at anchor, date and location unknown. Republic of China Navy
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    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center
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    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
    Fleet Reserve Association
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