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USS Salinas (AO-19)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Uniform - Golf - Romeo
NUGR
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (30SEP1941) - American Defense Service Medal (with Fleet clasp) - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal - Asiatic Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
Patoka Class Fleet Oiler:
  • Laid down, as SS Hudsonian, under a USSB contact, at Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock, Newport News, VA.
  • Launched, 16 March 1920
  • Commissioned USS Salinas (AO-19), 16 December 1921, LCDR. H. S. Chase, USNRF, in command
  • During World War II USS Salinas (AO-19) saw service with both the Atlantic and Pacific Fleets
  • Decommissioned, 16 January 1946, at San Francisco, CA.
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 26 February 1946
  • Transferred to the Maritime Commission, Suisun Bay, for disposal, 30 June 1946
  • Sold to Hillcone S.S. Co., 14 November 1947
  • Sold to a Liberian company in January 1955
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    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 mounts
    Propulsion reciprocating (#13 geared turbine) engines, single screw, 2,800 shp
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    Salinas 35k USS Salinas (AO-19), fitting out at Newport News Shipbuilding Newport News Shipbuilding web site
    Salinas 37k USS Salinas (AO-19) at anchor riding light in the water with much of her dark red bottom paint showing, place unknown, 1919. Unlike later ships of the type, she does not have the extensive equipment required for underway replenishment.
    US Navy photo from DANFS.    		 Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
    Salinas 67k USS Salinas (AO-19) at anchor, probably photographed during the 1920s.
    US Navy photo # NH 67794 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center.    		 Robert Hurst
    Salinas 32k USS Salinas (AO-19) at anchor, date and location unknown. Hyperwar US Navy in WWII
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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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