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AO-16 Laramie

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive, 26 August 1942) - American Defense Service Medal (with Fleet clasp)
Bottom Row - American Campaign Medal - Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
Personnel Awards

Navy Cross (CO. CDR P.M. Money)
Alameda Class Fleet Oiler:
  • Laid down (date unknown) under a United States Shipping Board (USSB) contact at William Cramp and Sons, Philadelphia, PA.
  • Launched (date unknown)
  • Acquired from the USSB at Mobile, AL, 17 December 1921
  • Commissioned USS Laramie (AO-16), 28 December 1921, LCDR. Preston Herndon, USNRF
  • Decommissioned, 19 June 1922
  • Laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet at Norfolk, VA.
  • Converted for Naval service at Brooklyn Navy Yard
  • Recommissioned in ordinary at Philadelphia Navy Yard, 26 June 1940, CDR. James J. Hughes in command
  • Recommissioned in full at Brooklyn Navy Yard, 6 December 1940
  • Decommissioned, 16 November 1945
  • Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown)
  • Transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal, 11 June 1946
  • Final Disposition, sold for scrapping by the Maritime Commission, 1 July 1947 to Boston Metals Co., Baltimore, MD.
    Specifications:
    Displacement 4,410 t.(lt) 14,500 t.(fl)
    Length 446'
    Beam 68'
    Draft 27' 6"
    Speed 10.5 kts.
    Complement 107
    Armament two 5"/38 dual purpose gun mounts, four twin 40mm gun mounts, four twin 20mm gun mounts
    Propulsion reciprocating steam engine, single shaft, 2,800shp
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    Laramie 39k Laramie (AO-16) underway, circa 1941, place unknown.
    US Navy photo    		 .
    Laramie 24k Laramie (AO-16) moored pierside, probably in Greenland, date unknown.
    US Navy photo    		 Arthur's Page USS Laramie and USS Relief
    Laramie 40k Laramie (AO-16) at anchor, date and place unknown.
    US Navy photo    		 Paul Welter, YN2, USS Laramie
    Laramie 93k This photo shows the damage to Laramie (AO-16), caused by a German U-boat attack, 27 August 1942, while steaming in convoy near the eastern end of Belle Isle Strait. Laramie was fully loaded with AVGAS, oil and general cargo including depth charges.
    US Navy photo    		 Rod Keller
    Laramie 44k Laramie (AO-16) at anchor, 21 February 1943, place unknown.
    US Navy ONI photo    		 Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
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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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