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Contributed by Stan Svec

USS Agawam (AOG-6)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Charlie - Alpha - Foxtrot NCAF

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - China Service Medal (extended)
Second Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
Third Row - Army Occupation Medal (with Asia Clasp) - National Defense Service Medal - Philippine Liberation Medal

Patapsco Class Gasoline Tanker:

Laid down, 7 September 1942, as a Maritime Commission type (T1-MT-M1) tanker hull, under a Maritime Commission contract at Cargill Inc., Savage, MN.

Launched, 6 May 1943

Commissioned USS Agawam (AOG-6), 18 December 1943, at New Orleans, LA., LT. John W. Foster in command

During World War II USS Agawam was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater

Following World War II USS Agawam was assigned to Occupation service in the Far East as well as China service for the following periods;

Navy Occupation Service Medal	China Service Medal (extended)
3 September 1945 to 28 January 1946	3 September 1945 to 28 January 1946
27 to 30 June 1947	28 to 30 March 1954
16 to 17 April 1947	12 to 13 April 1954

Decommissioned, 31 January 1957, at San Diego, CA.

Custody transferred to the Maritime Commission, 1 June 1960, for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Olympia, WA.

Permanent custody to the Maritime Administration, 30 June 1960

Removed from Olympia Reserve Fleet, 2 June 1971, due to phasing out, transferred to the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay, Benecia, CA.

Entered National Defense Reserve Fleet,Suisun Bay, 29 June 1971

Struck from the Naval Register, 1 July 1960

Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 16 October 1975, to Levin Metals Corp. (PD-X-1000, dated 4 September 1975) in a seven ship deal for $1,500,000, withdrawn from the Reserve Fleet, 23 November 1975, delivered to Levin Metals Corp.

Specifications:
Displacement 1,783 t.(lt) 4,335 t.(lim)
Length 310' 9"
Beam 48' 6"
Draft 15' 8" (lim)
Speed 14 kts. (trial speed)

Complement

Officers 11

Enlisted 120

Largest Boom Capacity 3 t.

Armament

four single 3"/50 dual purpose gun mounts

twelve 20mm AA gun mounts

Cargo Capacity

Navy Standard Fuel Oil 7,975 bbls

Gasoline 410,500 gals

Diesel Fuel Capacity Diesel 2,240 bbls

Propulsion

four GE 12-278A Diesel engines

single Farrel-Birmingham main reduction gear
Ship's Service Generators
two Diesel-drive 225Kw 120V/240V D.C.
one Diesel-drive 10Kw 240V D.C.

two propellers, 3,300shp

Size	Image Description	Contributed By
77k	Agawam (AOG-6) on the building ways, prior to launching, at Cargill Inc., Savage, MN., 6 May 1943.	Contributed by John Nickolson, Submitted Stanley Svec
148k	Agawam (AOG-6) at the fitting out dock, Cargill Inc., Savage, MN. View is aft-midship from the forecastle deck, 4 September 1943.	Contributed by John Nickolson, Submitted Stanley Svec
143k	Agawam (AOG-6) passing under the Mendota Bridge on the Minnesota River, upstream of Saint Paul.	Contributed by John Nickolson, Submitted Stanley Svec
60k	Agawam (AOG-6) at St. Paul, MN, preparing to go down the Mississippi River to New Orleans, 1943.	Contributed by John Nickolson, Submitted Stanley Svec
278k	Agawam (AOG-6) at Mississippi i River Lock No. 15, in tow of the Federal Barge Line's Towboat *Huck Finn*, 12 November 1943. while enroute from her builder's yard at Savage, MN. to New Orleans, LA.	John Fitzgerald, Archivist, USACE, Rock Island District
90k	*USS Agawam* (AOG-6)** underway, date and location unknown.	Stanley Svec
35k	*USS Agawam* (AOG-6)** underway, date and place unknown.	Contributed by John Nickolson, Submitted Stanley Svec
108k	*USS Agawam* (AOG-6)** passing under the Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco, CA., 1951.	Contributed by John Nickolson, Submitted Stanley Svec
81k	*USS Agawam* (AOG-6)** underway, date and location unknown.	Paul Gryniewicz Courtesy Larry Sullivan
89k	*USS Agawam* (AOG-6)** underway, date and location unknown.	Paul Gryniewicz Courtesy Larry Sullivan

USS Agawam (AOG-6)
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)

Commanding Officers
01	LT. Foster, John W., USNR	18 December 1943 - 1 August 1945
02	LT. Malo, Joseph L., USNR	1 August 1945 - 1 December 1945
03	LTjg. Regnell Jr., Edward Everett, USNR	1 December 1945 - 6 June 1946
04	LCDR. Lee, Clyde Benjamin, USN	06.04.1946 - May 1948
05	LT. Ohmart, Waldo Phelps, USN	May 1948 - ?
06	LT. Hamby, William Mark, USN	1951
07	LCDR. Allen, Clarence Milton, USN	1953 - 1955
08	LT. Horton, Andrew J., USN	1955 - 1956
09	LT. LaBarron, Robert Milton, USN (1946)	1956 - 31 January 1957


Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler and Ron Reeves

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
Fleet Tankers Association
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log

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