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AO-65 Pecos

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons



Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive, 2 Jan 45, 4 Jan 45, 7 Jan 45)
Second Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (7) - World War II Victory Medal
Third Row - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - National Defense Service Medal - Philippines Liberation Medal
Anacostia Class Fleet Oiler:
  • Laid down, 20 April 1942, as a Maritime Commission type (T3-SE-A1) tanker hull under Maritime Commission contract, (MC hull 325) at Sun Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Chester, PA.
  • Launched, 17 August 1942
  • Acquired by the Navy, 29 August 1942
  • Commissioned USS Pecos (AO-65), 5 October 1942
  • Decommissioned, 14 March 1946
  • Transferred to the Maritime Commission for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet
  • Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown)
  • Reacquired by the Navy and reinstated on the Naval Register, 20 March 1950
  • Assigned to the Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS)
  • Placed in service as USNS Pecos (T-AO-65), 18 July 1950
  • Placed out of service (date unknown)
  • Transferred to the Maritime Administration (MARAD) for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet
  • Sold by MARAD, 17 July 1974
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 1 October 1974
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
  • Pecos received seven battle stars for World War II service
    Specifications:
    Displacement 5,730 t.(lt) 21,880 t.(fl)
    Length 523'
    Beam 68'
    Draft 28'
    Speed 15 kts.
    Complement 200
    Armament one 5"/38 dual purpose gun mount, four 3"/50 guns, four twin 40mm gun mounts, six twin 20mm gun mounts
    Cargo Capacity 140,000 barrels
    Propulsion turbo-electric, single screw. 8,000hp
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    Pecos 49k Pecos (T-AO-65) moored pierside at Bremen, Germany, while discharging a cargo of fuel for the US forces in Germany, 25 September 1968. Photo by Gerhard L. Mueller-Debus, Frankfurt, A.M., Germany
    Pecos 40k Pecos (T-AO-65) moored pierside at Bremen, Germany, while discharging a cargo of fuel for the US forces in Germany, 25 September 1968. Photo by Gerhard L. Mueller-Debus, Frankfurt, A.M., Germany
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