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AOG-5 Susquehanna

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
Second Row - National Defense Service Medal - Korea Service Medal - Philippine Presidential Unit Citation
Third Row - Philippine Liberation Medal - United Nations Korean Service Medal - Republic of Korea War Service Medal (retroactive)

Patapsco Class Gasoline Tanker:

Laid down, 9 September 1942, as a Maritime Commission type (T1-MT-M1) tanker hull, under a Maritime Commission contract at Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Co., Seattle, WA.

Launched, 23 November 1942

Commissioned USS Susquehanna (AOG-5), 7 June 1943

Decommissioned, 15 August 1946, and 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 Susquehanna (T-AOG-5)

Placed out of service in March 1959

Struck from the Naval Register, 26 March 1959

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

Final Disposition, scrapped (date 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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	145k	Susquehanna (AOG-5) at anchor, date and place unknown.		Paul Gryniewicz Courtesy Larry Sullivan

View the Susquehanna (AOG-5)
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

Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
Avgas Mogas & Jet Fuel - The Story of the Patapsco Class Gasoline Tanker

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