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USS Aroostook (AOG-14)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Charlie - Golf - India NCGI

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - Europe-Africa- Middle East Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal

USS Aroostook (AOG-14) was transferred under the Lend-Lease program to France, renamed RFS Lac Pavin (A628)

Aroostook Class Gasoline Tanker:

Laid down, date unknown, as the tank barge MV Esso Delivery No.11, at Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock, Co., Newport News, VA.

Launched, 8 December 1937

Delivered to the Standard Oil Co., of New Jersey, 8 February 1938

Acquired by the US Navy, 1 April 1943, LT. Alfred O. Johansen, USNR, in command

Converted for Naval service at the Key Highway plant of Bethlehem Steel Corp., Baltimore, MD.

Commissioned USS Aroostook (AOG-14), 18 April 1943, at Baltimore, LT. Alfred S. O. Johansen in Command

During World War II USS Aroostook was assigned to the Europe-Africa-Middle East Theater

Decommissioned, 18 January 1945 at Bizerte, Algeria and transferred to France under terms of the lend-lease program, renamed RFS Lac Pavin (A628)

Struck from the Naval Register and sold outright to France, 21 March 1949

Disarmed, 2 May 1953, redesignated Q118

Final Disposition, scrapped in 1953

Specifications:
Displacement 1,707 t.
Length 260' 6"
Beam 43' 6"
Draft 15' 11"
Speed 10.5kts

Armament

one single 3"/50 cal dual purpose gun mount

four 20mm guns

Propulsion

Diesel-electric

single propeller

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By
Merchant Service USA Standard Oil of New Jersey
	78k	Overhead view of MV Esso Delivery No. 11 underway circa the late 1930s or early 1940s. US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 85467, courtesy Shipscribe.com.	Mike Green
USS Aroostook (AOG-14)
19-N-44403	94k	*USS Aroostook* (AOG-14)** underway in either the Chesapeake Bay or Hampton Roads in late April 1943 just after conversion and just before departing for the Mediterranean. US National Archives, RG-19-LCM photo #'s 19-N-44403, 19-N-44405 and 19-N-44404, US Navy Bureau of Ships photos now in the collections of the US National Archives, courtesy Shipscribe.com.	Mike Green
19-N-44405	83k
19-N-44404	84k

USS Aroostook (AOG-14)
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)

Commanding Officers
01	LT. Johansen, Alfred Oscar, USNR	18 April 1943 - 16 September 1943
02	LT. Hays, William Robert, USNR	16 September 1943 - 1 March 1944
03	LCDR. Ringles, Walter, USNR	1 March 1944 - 1 August 1944
04	LT. Peden, John Henry, USN	1 August 1944 - 18 January 1945


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

Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
MARAD Vessel History Database

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