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USNS Maumee (T-AOT-149)
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USNS Maumee (T-AO-149)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Sierra - November - Foxtrot NSNF

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

National Defense Service Medal

Maumee Class Fleet Oiler:

Laid down, 8 March 1955, as USNS Maumee (T-AO-149), a Maritime Administration type (T3-S-12a) tanker hull, under Maritime Administration contract (MA hull 38) at Sun Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Chester, PA.

Launched, 15 November 1955

Placed in service, 17 December 1956

Operated for MSTS by Marine Transport Lines under a long-term consecutive-voyage charter

Reclassified Transport Oiler T-AOT-149, date unknown

Placed out of service, date unknown

Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown

Title transferred to the Maritime Administration, 23 December 1994, for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Beaumont TX.

Final Disposition, contract awarded, 9 November, 2006 to ESCO Marine, Brownsville, TX. for scrapping. Departed the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Beaumont Group under disposal contract, 23 January 2007, for scrapping at ESCO Marine, Brownsville TX.

Specifications:
Displacement 7,814 t.(lt) 32,950 t.(fl)
Length 614' 6"
Beam 83' 6"
Draft 32'
Speed 18 kts
Complement 52
Armament none
Cargo Capacity 190,000-bbls
Propulsion steam turbine, single shaft

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By
USNS Maumee (T-AO-149)
	1387k	Ships anchored in Winter Quarters Bay, Antarctica, 13 February 1971. From (L-R); inboard *USNS Maumee* (T-AO-149), outboard USCGC Staten Island (WAGB-278), inboard USNS Wyandot (T-AKA-92), outboard USCGC Burton Island(WAGB-283), and across the bay, the New Zealand supply ship HMNZS Endeavour (A-184)*. US Navy photo [negative] No. XAM-120263-2-71* by PH2 Sterling.	Robert Hurst
	1066k	*USNS Maumee* (T-AO-149)** underway in the Port of Wellington, New Zealand, 23 February 1974.	Photo from the Chris Howell collection with copyright
	193k	*USNS Maumee* (T-AO-149)** moored at McMurdo Sound pumping POL to shore tanks.	Carl R. Friberg Jr.
	123k	During supply of McMurdo Sound, 1975-76 *USNS Maumee* (T-AO-149)** was damaged by Antarctic ice. Shipyard workers added teeth and eye to the mouth-like bow	Carl R. Friberg Jr.
USNS Maumee (T-AOT-149)
	43k	*USNS Maumee* (T-AOT-149)** underway, date and location unknown.	US Maritime Administration
	114k	Ex-*USNS Maumee* (T-AOT-149) forward of Ex-USNS Santa Barbara (T-AE-28)** being scrapped at ESCO, Brownsville, TX., February 2007.	Photo by Michael Martin, Brownsville, TX.