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AOG-9 Kishwaukee

Flag Hoist/International Radio Call Sign:
November - Bravo - Alpha - Bravo
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons





Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive, Okinawa 1945, Danang 1969) - China Service Medal (extended) - American Campaign Medal
Second Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (2) - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)
Third Row - National Defense Service Medal (2) - Korean Service Medal - Vietnam Service Medal (7)
Fourth Row - Republic of Vietnam Meritorious Gallantry Cross Unit Citation - Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Unit Citation - Philippines Liberation Medal
Fifth Row - United Nations Service Medal - Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal - Republic of Korea War Service Medal (retroactive)
Patapsco Class Gasoline Tanker:
  • Laid down, 22 September 1942, at Cargill Inc., Savage, MN.
  • Launched, 24 July 1943
  • Commissioned USS Kishwaukee (AOG-9), 27 May 1944, LT. Francis M. Hillman, USNR, in command
  • During World War II Kishwaukee (AOG-9) participated in the following campaigns:
    Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
    Campaigns and Dates Campaigns and Dates
    Leyte operation
    Leyte landings
    October to 29 November 1944
    		 Okinawa Gunto operation
    Invasion and occupation of Okinawa Gunto
    March to 30 June 1945

  • Decommissioned, 2 April 1958
  • Laid up in the Maritime Administration National Defense Reserve Fleet
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 1 July 1960
  • Reacquired in October 1965
  • Recommissioned, 1 September 1966
  • During the Vietnam War Kishwaukee (AOG-9) participated in the following campaigns:
    Vietnam War Campaigns
    Campaigns and Dates Campaigns and Dates
    Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase II
    16 February to 7 April 1967     		Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase VI
    16 to 22 February 1969
    Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase III
    29 November 1967 to 29 January 1968     		Tet/69 Counteroffensive
    23 February to 8 June 1969 February
    Tet Counteroffensive
    30 January to 27 February 1968     		Vietnamese Summer-Fall 1969
    9 June to 20 July1969
    Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase IV
    19 March to 18 May 1968    		 .

  • Decommissioned, 15 January 1970, at Naval Station Pearl Harbor, HI.
  • Laid up at INACTSHIPMAINTFAC West Lock, Pearl Harbor, HI.
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 1 August 1974
  • Disposed of by MARAD sale, 1 November 1979, for conversion to a fishing vessel,
  • Final Disposition, scrapped (date unknown)
  • Kishwaukee earned two battle stars for World War II service and seven campaign stars for Vietnam 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 single 3"/50 dual purpose gun mounts
    twelve single 20mm AA gun mounts
    Cargo Capacity 2,210 DWT
    Propulsion four GE diesel electric engines, twin shafts, 3,300hp
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    Kishwaukee 91k Kishwaukee (AOG-9) underway date and location unknown. Kishwaukee is painted camouflage scheme 32/3D. Paul Gryniewicz
    Courtesy Larry Sullivan
    Kishwaukee 128k Kishwaukee (AOG-9) underway date and location unknown Paul Gryniewicz
    Courtesy Larry Sullivan
    Kishwaukee 101k Kishwaukee (AOG-9) at Pearl Harbor, HI, October 1968 © Richard Leonhardt
    Kishwaukee 77k Kishwaukee (AOG-9) underway date and location unknown Hyperwar US Navy in WWII
    Kishwaukee 111k Kishwaukee (AOG-9) taking on a load of fuel at Da Nang, South Vietnam from Pecos (T-AO-65) before getting underway to refuel Support Activity outposts, date unknown.
    US Navy photo from "All Hands" magazine, August 1967.    		 Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
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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
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