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AOG-6 Agawam

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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
Bottom 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
  • Decommissioned, 31 January 1957, at San Diego, CA.
  • Transferred to the Maritime Commission for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Olympia, WA.
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 1 July 1960
  • Final Disposition, sold for scrapping in October 1975 to Levin Metals.
    Specifications:
    Displacement 1,783 t.(lt) 4,130 t.(fl)
    Length 310' 9"
    Beam 48' 6"
    Draft 15' 8"
    Speed 15.5 kts.
    Complement 131
    Armament
    four single 3"/50 dual purpose gun mounts
    twelve 20mm AA gun mounts
    Cargo Capacity 2,210 DWT
    Propulsion four GE diesel electric engines, twin shafts, 3,300hp
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    Agawam 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
    Agawam 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
    Agawam 143k Agawam (AOG-6), passing under the Mendota Bridge on the Minnesota River, upstream of Saint Paul. Contributed by John Nickolson, Submitted Stanley Svec
    Agawam 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
    Agawam 83k Agawam (AOG-6), on her way down the Mississippi River to New Orleans, 1943. Her camouflage scheme is measure 32 design 3D. Contributed by John Nickolson, Submitted Stanley Svec
    Agawam 90k Agawam (AOG-6), underway, date and place unknown. Stanley Svec
    Agawam 35k Agawam (AOG-6), underway, date and place unknown. Contributed by John Nickolson, Submitted Stanley Svec
    Agawam 108k Agawam (AOG-6) passing under the Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco, CA., 1951. Contributed by John Nickolson, Submitted Stanley Svec
    Agawam 81k Agawam (AOG-6) underway, date and place unknown. Paul Gryniewicz
    Courtesy Larry Sullivan
    Agawam 89k Agawam (AOG-6) underway, date and place unknown. Paul Gryniewicz
    Courtesy Larry Sullivan
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    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
    USS Agawam (AOG-6) Reunion Group
    Avgas Mogas & Jet Fuel - The Story of the Patapsco Class Gasoline Tanker
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