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AO-21 Tippecanoe

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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) - American Campaign Medal
Bottom - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)
Patoka Class Fleet Oiler:
  • Laid down, 1 October 1919, under United States Shipping Board (USSB contract # 1660) for the Emergency Fleet Corp., at Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock, Co., Newport News, VA.
  • Launched, 5 June 1920
  • Acquired by the Navy at Mare Island Navy Yard, 6 March 1922. (Note: Official yard logs indicated she actually arrived on the 7th.)
  • Held in Reserve at Navy Yard Mare Island until 1940
  • Commissioned, USS Tippecanoe (AO-21), 6 March 1940, CDR. Hugh W. Olds in command
  • Decommissioned, 6 March 1946 at Mare Island, Vallejo, CA.
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 12April 1946
  • Transferred to Maritime Commission, 7 Oct 1946 for disposal
  • Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 20 November 1946, to National Metal Steel Co.
    Specifications:
    Displacement 5,400 t.(lt) 16,800 t.(fl)
    Length 447'
    Beam 60'
    Draft 29'
    Speed 11 kts.
    Complement 208
    Armament
    two single 5"/38 dual purpose gun mounts
    two single 3"/50 dual purpose gun mounts
    Cargo Capacity 70,000 barrels
    Propulsion reciprocating (#13 geared turbine) engine, single shaft, 2,800hp
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    Tippecanoe 342k Tippecanoe (AO-21) forward of Sepulga (AO 20) in reserve at the south end of Mare Island in 1930.
    Mare Island Navy Yard photo # 467, 1930    		 Darryl Baker
    Tippecanoe 339k Tippecanoe (AO-21) forward of Sepulga (AO 20) in reserve at the south end of Mare Island in 1930.
    Mare Island Navy Yard photo # 466, 1930    		 Darryl Baker
    Tippecanoe 224k Tippecanoe (AO-21) forward of Sepulga (AO 20) in reserve at the south end of Mare Island in 1930.
    Mare Island Navy Yard photo # 465, 1930    		 Darryl Baker
    Tippecanoe 92k Broadside view of Tippecanoe (AO-21) off Mare Island, 14 November 1942. Tippecanoe was at Mare Island for repairs from 12 October to 12 November 1942.
    Mare Island Navy Yard photo # 7069-11-42    		 Darryl Baker
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