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AO-17 Mattole

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Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Defense Service Medal (with Fleet clasp)
Bottom Row - American Campaign Medal Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal
Kaweah Class Fleet Oiler:
  • Laid down, 2 June 1919, under a United States Shipping Board (USSB) contact at William Cramp and Sons, Philadelphia, PA;
  • Launched, 16 March 1920
  • Acquired by the US Navy from the USSB, 6 March 1922
  • Commissioned USS Mattole (AO-17), 28 December 1921
  • Decommissioned, 19 June 1922
  • Laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet at Philadelphia, PA.
  • Recommissioned, 16 June 1940, CDR. J. D. Wilson in command
  • Decommissioned, 25 October 1945
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 13 November 1945
  • Transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal, 7 June 1946
  • Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 1 July 1947, to Boston Metals Co., Baltimore, MD.
    Specifications:
    Displacement 4,410 t.(lt) 14,500 t.(fl)
    Length 446'
    Beam 58'
    Draft 25' 6"
    Speed 11 kts.
    Complement 107
    Armament
    two single 5"/38 dual purpose gun mounts
    two single 3'/50 dual purpose gun mounts
    Propulsion reciprocating steam engine, single shaft, 2,800shp.
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    Mattole 81k Mattole (AO-17) underway, date and location unknown. Hyperwar US Navy in WWII
    Mattole 95k Mattole (AO-17) refueling Pride (DE-323) by the astern method, 17 August 1944. Newell (DE-322) is approaching from the far right.
    US National Archives photo # 80-G-245464, a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives.    		 Robert Hurst
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    DANFS entry located at the US Naval Historical Center.
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
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    Fleet Reserve Association
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    Last Updated 9 November 2007