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USS Trinity (AO-13)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Uniform - Golf - Xray
 NUGX
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons



Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (17 January 1942) - China Service Medal (28 August - 7 September 1939)
Second Row - American Defense Service Medal (with Fleet clasp) - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1)
Third Row - World War II Victory Medal - Philippines Defense Medal - Philippines Liberation Medal
Patoka Class Fleet Oiler
  • Laid down, 10 November 1919, at Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock, Co., Newport News, VA.
  • Launched, 3 July 1920
  • Commissioned USS Trinity (AO-13), 4 September 1920, Cdr. Harry M. Bostwick, USNRF, in command
  • Decommissioned, 22 December 1923, and laid up in reserve at Philadelphia, PA.
  • Recommissioned, 21 June 1938, at Philadelphia
  • During World War II USS Trinity was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaign:
    Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
    Campaign and Dates
    Philippines Island Operation
    8 to 10 December 1941, Manila
  • Decommissioned, 28 May 1946, at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, CA.
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 3 July 1946
  • Transferred to the Maritime Commission, 5 September 1946, for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet
  • Sold in 1951 to Colonial Steamship Corp., renamed SS Seabeaver
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
  • USS Trinity received one battle star for World War II service
    Specifications:
    Displacement 5,400 t.(lt) 17,820 t.(lim)
    Length 447' 10"
    Beam 60'
    Draft 27' 8"(lim)
    Speed 10.5 kts (trial).
    Complement
    officers 14
    Enlisted 176
    Largest Boom Capacity 10 t.
    Cargo Capacity
    NSFO 70,000Bbls
    Gasoline 267,000Gals
    Armament
    two single 5"/38 dual purpose gun mounts
    four twin 40mm AA gun mounts
    four twin 20mm AA gun mount
    Ships's Service Generators
    two turbo-drive, 75Kw 120V D.C.
    one Diesel-drive,60Kw 120V. D.C.
    Fuel Capacity NSFO 4,780Bbls
    Propulsion
    one G.E. Curtis #13 geared turbine engine
    three Union Scotch boilers 220psi Sat.
    single G.E. Main Reduction Gear
    single propeller, 2,600shp
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    Trinity 42k USS Trinity (AO-13) at anchor, late 1944, place unknown. John Chiquoine and Dave Schroeder
    Trinity 587k USS Trinity (AO-13) at anchor, circa 1945, place unknown.
    Photo from the collection of the Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum, file name: M-48 A0-13    		 Darryl Baker
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    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
    Fleet Reserve Association
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
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