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AO-37 Merrimack

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal
Second Row - Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal (3) - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (8) - World War II Victory Medal
Third Row- Navy Occupation Medal - National Defense Service Medal - Philippine Liberation Medal

Kennebec Class Fleet Oiler: Laid down as Caddo, a Maritime Commission type T2-SO) tanker hull, under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 143), at Bethlehem Steel Shipyard, Sparrows Point, MD; Launched, (date unknown); Acquired by the Navy, (date unknown); Commissioned USS Merrimack (AO-37), 4 February 1942; Decommissioned, 8 February 1950; Laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Texas Group, Orange, TX; Recommissioned, 6 December 1950; Decommissioned, 20 December 1954 at San Diego, CA; Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, San Diego; Struck from the Naval Register, 4 February 1959; Transferred, to the Maritime Administration for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Beaumont, TX; Final Disposition, disposed of by MARAD exchange, 19 March 1982, fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 6,013 t.(lt) 21,077 t.(fl); Length 501' 5"; Beam 68'; Draft 30' 2"; Speed 16.5kts; Complement 214; Armament one single 5"/38 dual purpose gun mount, four single 3"/50 dual purpose gun mounts, four twin 40mm gun mounts, four twin 20mm gun mounts; Capacity 134,000 barrels; Propulsion, geared turbine, single screw, 12,000hp.

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Contributed By
	43k	Merrimack (AO-37) underway, date and place unknown. US Navy photo		William Toohey for his father Bill Toohey SK1, USN 1947, USS Merrimack

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Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S.Navy Memorial Foundation
Fleet Reserve Association

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