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AO-13 Trinity

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - China Service Medal (28 August - 7 September 1939) - American Defense Service Medal (with Fleet clasp)
Bottom Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory 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
  • 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;
  • Final Disposition, sold in 1951 to Colonial Steamship Corp., renamed SS Seabeaver, fate unknown
  • Trinity received one battle star for World War II service
    Specifications:
    Displacement 5,400 t.(lt) 16,800 t.(fl)
    Length 447' 10"
    Beam 60'
    Draft 26' 2"(mean)
    Speed 11.2 kts.
    Complement 90
    Cargo Capacity 70,000 bbls
    Armament
    two single 5"/38 dual purpose gun mounts
    four twin 40mm AA gun mounts
    four twin 20mm AA gun mount
    Propulsion reciprocating (#13 geared turbine) engines, single screw, 2,800 shp
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    Trinity 42k Trinity (AO-13) at anchor, late 1944, place unknown. John Chiquoine and Dave Schroeder
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    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center web site
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S.Navy Memorial Foundation
    Fleet Reserve Association
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