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NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive

Contributed by Mike Smolinski

AO-108 Pawcatuck

Flag Hoist/Radio Call Sign: November - Hotel - Oscar - Sierra

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Secretary of the Navy Letter of Commendation
Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Navy Unit Commendation - Navy Expeditionary Medal (1-Lebanon, 7-Libya)
Bottom Row - National Defense Service Medal - Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (2-Lebanon, 1-Cuba, 1-Dominican Republic) - Coast Guard SOS Ribbon (3)

Cimmeron Class Fleet Oiler / Jumboized:

Laid down, 22 March 1945, as a Maritime Commission type (T3-S2-A3) tanker hull, under Maritime Commission contract (MC 2704) at Sun Shipbuilding and Drydock, Chester, PA.

Launched, 19 February 1946

Commissioned USS Pawcatuck (AO-108), 10 May 1946, Capt. Cecil G. McKinney, USNR, in command

Jumboized, circa 1964-65

Decommissioned, 15 July 1975

Placed in service with MSC as USNS Pawcatuck (T-AO-108)

Placed out of service, circa 1991

Struck from the Naval Register, 21 September 1991

Title transfer to the Maritime Administration (MARAD) for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River, Fort Eustis, VA.

Sold for scrapping, contract awarded to Bay Bridge Enterprises, Chesapeake, VA. Announced by MARAD, 21 September 2005. Bay Bridge will be paid $369,373.00 to cut up ex-Pawcatuck

Final Disposition, withdrawn from the National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River Group and towed to the breakers yard at Bay Bridge Enterprises, Chesapeake, VA., for scrapping, 19 October 2005.

Specifications:
Displacement 7,236 t.(lt), 25,440 t.(fl)
Length 553'
Beam 75'
Draft 32'
Speed 18 kts.
Complement 314
Armament

one single 5"/38 DP gun mount

four single 3"/50 DP gun mounts

four twin 40mm AA gun mounts

four twin 20mm AA gun mounts
Cargo Capacity 146,000 barrels
Propulsion geared turbines, twin screws, 30,400hp
Jumboized Specifications:
Displacement 12,840 t.(lt), 33,987 t.(fl)
Length 644"
Draft 34' 9"
Armament none

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By / Source
USS Pawcatuck (AO-108)
	38k	Pawcatuck (AO-108) underway, date and place unknown.	Tom Blood
	87k	Pawcatuck (AO-108) at New York City, date unknown	Courtesy David Willis via David Merrill USS Canisteo (AO-99) Web Site
	69k	Pawcatuck (AO-108) underway entering Hampton Roads, VA., date unknown.	Courtesy David Willis via David Merrill USS Canisteo (AO-99) Web Site
	73k	Pawcatuck (AO-108) underway, date and place unknown.	Courtesy David Willis via David Merrill USS Canisteo (AO-99) Web Site
	128k	Pawcatuck (AO-108) refueling Valley Forge (CVS-45) and Eaton (DDE-510, 18 June 1959. Fourteen S2F anti-submarine planes and two HSS-1 helicopters are parked on the carrier's flight deck and deck-edge elevator. US Navy photo # USN 1043955	US Naval Historical Center
	71k	Pawcatuck (AO-108) underway, date and place unknown.	Burton Revell USS Pawcatuck 1963-66
	84k	Pawcatuck (AO-108) refueling Forrestal (CV-59) and a destroyer, circa August 1960-May 1962, place unknown. Photo taken from Goodrich (DDR-831).	Photo by Leslie Levins USS Goodrich
	101k	Pawcatuck (AO-108) refueling Forrestal (CV-59), circa August 1960-May 1962, place unknown. Photo taken from Goodrich (DDR-831).	Photo by Leslie Levins USS Goodrich
	74k	Pawcatuck (AO-108) refueling John F. Kennedy (CV-67) and Dewey (DLG-14), 13 July 1969, Mediterranean Sea. US Navy photo CVA 67-2124-7-69 13 July 1969, PH2 Weaver.	Roger C. Schulrud MMCS USN Ret. USS Dewey
	169k	Pawcatuck (AO-108) refueling John F. Kennedy (CV-67) and Dewey (DLG-14), 13 July 1969, Mediterranean Sea. US Navy photo CVA 67-2120-7-69 13 July 1969, PH2 Weaver.	Roger C. Schulrud MMCS USN Ret. USS Dewey
	114k	Pawcatuck (AO-108) refueling John F. Kennedy (CV-67) and Dewey (DLG-14), 13 July 1969, Mediterranean Sea. US Navy photo CVA 67-2122-7-69 13 July 1969, PH2 Weaver.	Roger C. Schulrud MMCS USN Ret. USS Dewey
	74k	Pawcatuck (AO-108) refueling John F. Kennedy (CV-67) and Dewey (DLG-14), 13 July 1969, Mediterranean Sea. US Navy photo CVA 67-2124-7-69 13 July 1969, PH2 Weaver.	Roger C. Schulrud MMCS USN Ret. USS Dewey
USNS Pawcatuck (T-AO-108)
	64k	Pawcatuck (T-AO-108) underway in MSC service after jumboization, date and place unknown. US Navy photo	Courtesy David Willis via David Merrill USS Canisteo (AO-99) Web Site
	98k	Pawcatuck (T-AO-108) underway in the Mediterranean Sea, July 1976	© Richard Leonhardt
	80k	ex-Pawcatuck (T-AO-108) underway for the last time as she transits the harbor at Norfolk, VA. on her way to the breakers yard, at Bay Bridge Enterprises, Chesapeake, VA., 19 October 2005	Mabel Clark