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T-AO-138 Cedar Creek

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

National Defense Service Medal
Suamico Class Fleet Oiler:
  • Laid down in 1943 as a Maritime Commission type (T-2-SE-A1) tanker hull under Maritime Commission contract at Sun Shipbuilding and Drydock Co., Chester, PA.
  • Launched (date unknown)
  • Delivered to the Maritime Commission, 30 April 1944, for transfer to the Soviet Union, under terms of the Lend-Lease Program
  • Returned to the Maritime Commission in 1948
  • Acquired by the US Navy in July 1948
  • Designated (AO-138) and operated under charter for the Naval Transportation Service
  • Transferred to the Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS) 1 October 1949
  • Placed in service as USNS Cedar Creek (T-AO-138)
  • Placed out of service in September 1954, at San Diego. CA.
  • Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, San Diego Group
  • Reactivated for service with MSTS, 1 November 1956 and again placed in service as USNS Cedar Creek, (T-AO-138)
  • Placed out of service (date unknown)
  • Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown)
  • Transferred to the Maritime Administration (MARAD), 14 October 1957
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 5,782 t.(lt) 21,880 t.(fl)
    Length 523' 6"
    Beam 68'
    Draft 30'
    Speed 15.5 kts.
    Complement unknown
    Armament one 5"/38 dual purpose gun mount, four 3"/50 guns, four twin 40mm gun mounts, four twin 20mm gun mounts
    Cargo Capacity 140,000 barrels
    Propulsion turbo-electric, single screw. 8,000hp
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    Cedar Creek 29k Cedar Creek (T-AO-138) with "Machano Decking" erected atop her tank deck created 12,000 square feet of deck in which to store and transport aircraft, date and place unknown.
    US Navy photo from "All Hands" magazine, March 1951    		 Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
    Cedar Creek 44k Cedar Creek (T-AO-138) underway with a deck load of aircraft, date and place unknown.
    US Navy photo from "All Hands" magazine, March 1951    		 Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
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    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center web site
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
    Fleet Reserve Association
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