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AOG-2 Kern

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons



Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - China Service Medal (extended) - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal
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)
Patapsco Class Gasoline Tanker:
  • Laid down, 25 May 1942, as Rappahannock, a Maritime Commission type (T1-MT-M1) tanker hull, under a Maritime Commission contract at Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Co., Seattle, WA.
  • Renamed Kern (date unknown)
  • Launched, 7 September 1942
  • Commissioned USS Kern (AOG-2), 9 March 1943
  • Decommissioned, 6 August 1946 and transferred to the Army Transportation Service
  • Returned to US Navy custody and assigned to the Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS), 1 July 1950
  • Placed in service as USNS Kern (T-AOG-2), 1 July 1950
  • Placed out of service in September 1956
  • Laid up in the Reserve Fleet
  • Reactivated and assigned to MSTS, placed in service, 30 April 1957
  • Placed out of service, 1 October 1957
  • Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown)
  • Custody transferred to MARAD
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 1,850 t.(lt) 4,130 t.(fl)
    Length 310' 9"
    Beam 48' 6"
    Draft 15' 8"
    Speed 15.5 kts.
    Complement 131
    Armament four 3"/50 dual purpose guns, twelve 20mm guns
    Cargo Capacity 2,210 DWT
    Propulsion four GE diesel electric engines, twin shafts, 3,300hp
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    Kern 32k Kern (AOG-2) at anchor, date and place unknown. Paul Gryniewicz
    Courtesy Larry Sullivan
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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
    Fleet Reserve Association
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    Avgas Mogas & Jet Fuel - The Story of the Patapsco Class Gasoline Tanker
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