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AO-83 Mascoma

Flag Hoist/International Radio Call Sign:
November - Juliet - Uniform - Bravo

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (7)
Second Row - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - National Defense Service Medal
Third Row - Korean Service Medal - United Nations Service Medal - Republic of Korea War Service Medal (retroactive)

Escambia Class Fleet Oiler:

Laid down, 31 January 1943, as a Maritime Commission type (T2-SE-A2) tanker hull under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 1262) at Marinship, Sausalito, CA.

Launched, 31 May 1943

Commissioned USS Mascoma (AO-83), 3 February 1944, CDR. C. C. Eden in command

Decommissioned, 17 December 1945

Struck from the Naval Register, 8 January 1946

Transferred to the Maritime Commission, 27 June 1946, for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River Group, Lee Hall, VA.

Leased to Trinidad Corp., 10 October 1947

Reacquired by the Navy, 4 February 1948

Laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Texas Group, Orange, TX.

Reactivated, 27 July 1950 and placed in service by the Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS) as USNS Mascoma (T-AO-83), operated under charter

Placed out of service and struck from the Naval Register, 18 June 1959 and transferred to the Maritime Administration for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River Group. Lee Hall, VA.

Commercial Service

Transferred to Hudson Waterways Corp., 4 November 1966, under the MARAD Exchange Program

Renamed SS Seatrain Oregon in December 1966

Converted to a containership, 29 August 1969

Sold, 10 September 1969 to C.I.T. Corporation

Final Disposition, presumed scrapped, date unknown

Mascoma received seven battle stars for World War II service

Specifications:
Displacement 5,532 t.(lt) 21,880 t.(fl)
Length 523' 6"
Beam 68'
Draft 30' 10"
Speed 18 kts.
Complement 267
Armament

one single 5"/38 dual purpose gun mount

four single 3"/50 dual purpose gun mounts

twelve single 20mm AA gun mounts
Cargo Capacity 140,000 barrels
Propulsion turbo-electric, twin screws, 8,000shp

Size	Image Description	Source
94k	Forward plan view of Mascoma (AO-83) at Alameda, CA., 5 April 1944, during conversion for Naval service. She has been newly painted in camouflage scheme Measure 32 Design 3AO. Navy Yard Mare Island photo # 2142-44	Darryl Baker
73k	Stern plan view of Mascoma (AO-83) at Alameda, CA., 5 April 1944, during conversion for Naval service. Her camouflage is Measure 32 Design 3AO. Navy Yard Mare Island photo # 2156-44	Darryl Baker
66k	Bows on view of Mascoma (AO-83) underway in San Francisco Bay, 8 April 1944. Her camouflage is Measure 32 Design 3AO. Navy Yard Mare Island photo # 2221-44	Darryl Baker
63k	Stern view of Mascoma (AO-83) underway in San Francisco Bay, 8 April 1944. Her camouflage is Measure 32 Design 3AO. Navy Yard Mare Island photo # 2222-44	Darryl Baker
95k	Broadside view of Mascoma (AO-83) underway in San Francisco Bay, 8 April 1944. Her camouflage is Measure 32 Design 3AO. Navy Yard Mare Island photo # 2224-44	Darryl Baker
67k	Mascoma (AO-83) at anchor with *LCT-1453* alongside, date and place unknown. US Navy photo	Kenneth Becker MoMM2/c USS Mascoma

View the Mascoma (AO-83)
DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center

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

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