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AOG-16 Guyandot


USS Guyandot (AOG-16) was transferred to France and renamed RFS Lac Noir
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


Guyandot Class Gasoline Tanker
  • Built in 1930 as MS Veedol II for Tidewater Oil Co.
  • Acquired from Tidewater Oil Co. in March 1943
  • Converted for Naval Service at Brewers Drydock, Staten Island, N.Y.
  • Commissioned, USS Guyandot (AOG-16), 17 April 1943. LT. Robert R. Crockett, USNR, in command
  • During World War II Guyandot was assigned to the European Theater
  • Decommissioned, 12 January 1945, at Bizerte, Algeria
  • Transferred under terms of the lend-lease program to France, renamed FRS Lac Noir
  • Sold outright to France, 21 March 1949
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 28 April 1949
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 1,818 t.
    Length 255'
    Beam 44'
    Draft 16' 8
    Speed 8 kts.
    Armament
    one single 3"/50 dual purpose gun mount
    two 20mm AA gun mounts
    Propulsion diesel-electric, single propeller

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    RFS Lac Noir
    Guyandot 25k Ex-Guyandot (AOG-16) underway while in French service as RFS Lac Noir, circa 1947, location unknown. Robert Hurst

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