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AOG-4 Wabash

Flag Hoist/International Radio Call Sign:
November - Alpha - Echo - Bravo

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 (2)
Second Row - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - National Defense Service Medal
Third Row - Korean Service Medal (2) - United Nations Service Medal - Republic of Korea War Service Medal (retroactive)

Patapsco Class Gasoline Tanker:

Laid down, 30 June 1942, as a Maritime Commission type (T1-MT-M1) tanker hull, under a Maritime Commission contract at Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Co., Seattle, WA.

Launched, 28 October 1942

Commissioned USS Wabash (AOG-4), 10 May 1943, LT. James F. Ardagh, USNR, in command

During World War II Wabash) was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaigns:

**Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns**
Campaign and Dates	Campaign and Dates
Iwo Jima operation Assault and occupation of Iwo Jima, 5 to 14 March 1945	Okinawa Gunto operation Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 9 April to 30 Jun 1945

Decommissioned, 29 July 1946, at Tsingtao, China

Transferred to the US Army Transportation Service

Struck from the Naval Register, 23 April 1947

Returned to the US Navy, 1 July 1950

Assigned to the Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS) and placed in service as USNS Wabash (T-AOG-4)

During the Korean War Wabash (T-AOG-4) participated in the following campaigns:

**Korean War Campaigns**
Campaign and Dates	Campaign and Dates
Second Korean Winter 6 to 30 April 1952	Korean Defense Summer-Fall 1952 1 to 10 May 1952

Placed out of service, 10 September 1957

Struck from the Naval Register, 8 May 1958

Custody transferred to the Maritime Administration for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay, Benecia, CA.

Final Disposition, contract awarded to Marine Metals, Brownsville, TX. for scrapping 21 July 2005

Wabash earned two battle stars for World War II service and two battle stars for Korean War service

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

Size	Image Description	Contributed By
46k	Wabash (AOG-4) at Kodiak, July 1943. US National Archives photo # 80-G-7989 a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives.	US Naval Historical Center
99k	Wabash (AOG-4) at anchor in the background of this photo is painted camouflage scheme 32/2AO. *LSM-277* entering or exiting a floating drydock, date and place unknown.	USS LSM / LSMR Association
104k	Wabash (T-AOG-4) moored, circa 1950 to 1957, location unknown.	Paul Gryniewicz Courtesy Larry Sullivan

View the Wabash (AOG-4)
DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center

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

Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
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Last Updated 9 November 2007