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AOG-10 Nemasket

Flag Hoist/International Radio Call Sign:
November - Charlie - Echo - Foxtrot

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons




Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive - April to June 1945 at Kerama Rhetto, Okinawa) - China Service Medal
Second Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
Third Row - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - National Defense Service Medal - Korean Service Medal
Fourth Row - United Nations Service Medal - Philippines Liberation Medal - Republic of Korea War Service Medal (retroactive)

Patapsco Class Gasoline Tanker:
  • Laid down, 6 October 1942, as a Maritime Commission type (T1-MT-M1) tanker hull, under a Maritime Commission contract at Cargill Inc., Savage, MN.
  • Launched, 20 October 1943
  • Commissioned USS Nemasket (AOG-10), 16 June 1944, LCDR. Gillespie G. Boyd in command
  • Decommissioned, 22 September 1959
  • Transferred to the Maritime Administration for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay, Benecia, CA.
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 1 July 1960
  • Final Disposition, scrapped in 1961
    Specifications:
    Displacement 1,850 t.(lt) 4,130 t.(fl)
    Length 310' 9"
    Beam 48' 6"
    Draft 15' 8"
    Speed 15.5kts.
    Complement 131
    Armament
    four single 3"/50 dual purpose gun mounts
    twelve single 20mm AA gun mounts
    Cargo DWT 2,210
    Propulsion four GE diesel electric engines, twin shafts, 3,300hp

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    Nemasket 51k Nemasket (AOG-10) at the Standard Oil dock at Shanghai, China, circa late 1945. Nemasket was the first ship to tie up to that pier since the Japanese occupation in 1937. She is painted in camouflage scheme 32/3D. Photo by Gil Pollnow USS Nemasket
    Nemasket 32k Nemasket (AOG-10)'s moored on the Whangpoo River, Shanghai, China in 1945. She is wearing camouflage scheme 32/3D. Gil Pollnow USS Nemasket
    Nemasket 51k Nemasket (AOG-10)'s starboard lookout station, date and location unknown. Photo by Gil Pollnow USS Nemasket
    Nemasket 77k Bow on view Nemasket (AOG-10) departing Mare Island, 9 October 1946. Nemasket was under going repair at the yard from 16 July to 16 Oct 1946. Ships in the background are from left to right: John R. Pierce (DD 753), San Saba (APA 232), Vincennes (CL 64), Birmingham (CL 62), Miami (CL 89) and Amsterdam (CL 101). Note one of the yard tugs underway alongside Nemasket to starboard.
    Mare Island Naval Shipyard photo # 3557-46, 10/9/46
    Darryl Baker
    Nemasket 63k Stern view of Nemasket (AOG-10) departing Mare Island, 9 October 1946.
    Mare Island Naval Shipyard photo # 3561-46, 10/9/46
    Darryl Baker
    Nemasket 130k Aft plan view of Nemasket (AOG-10) at Mare Island, 15 October 1946, moored outboard of Fieberling (DE 640).
    Mare Island Naval Shipyard photo # 3608-46, 10/15/46
    Darryl Baker

    View Nemasket (AOG-10)
    (a) Crew List - 1944-45
    (b) Itinerary 1952-53
    (c) Excerpts from Ships Log - June and July 1952

    View the Nemasket (AOG-10)
    DANFS history 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
    Avgas Mogas & Jet Fuel - The Story of the Patapsco Class Gasoline Tanker
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