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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 - 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) 4,335 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 2,240 bbls diesel
Propulsion

four GE 12-278A Diesel engines

single Farrel-Birmingham main reduction gear

three Diesel drive Ship's Service Generators 2-225kW 240V D.C., 1-10kW 240V D.C.

twin shafts, 3,300hp

Size	Image Description	Contributed By
77k	*PCU (Pre-Commissioning Unit) 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	*PCU 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	*PCU Agawam* (AOG-6)** passing under the Mendota Bridge on the Minnesota River, upstream of Saint Paul.	Contributed by John Nickolson, Submitted Stanley Svec
60k	*PCU 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	*PCU 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

View the USS Agawam (AOG-6)
DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center

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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Last Updated 16 January 2009