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AOG-19 Sakatonchee

Flag Hoist/International Radio Call Sign:
November - Charlie - Juliet - Zulu
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Metal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (3) - World War II Victory Medal - Philippines Liberation Medal
Mettawee Class Gasoline Tanker:
  • Laid down, 13 August 1942, as MV Soldier Creek, a Maritime Commission type (T1-M-A2) tanker hull, under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 901) at East Coast Shipyard Inc., Bayonne, N.J.
  • Launched, 22 May 1943
  • Acquired by the US Navy from the Maritime Commission, 15 January 1944
  • Commissioned USS Sakatonchee (AOG-19), 17 January 1944, LT. Frederick C. Steinmetz in command
  • During World War II Sakatonchee was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaigns;
    Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
    Campaign and Dates Campaign and Dates
    Western New Guinea operation
    Biak Island operation
    Noemfoor Island operation     		Borneo operation
    Balikpapan operation, 15 June to 20 July 1945
    Consolidation and capture of Southern Philippines
    Palawan Islands landings, 28 February to 10 March 1945     		.

  • Decommissioned, 29 March 1946
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 1 May 1946
  • Transferred to the Maritime Commission, for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay, Benecia, CA., name reverted to MV Soldier Creek
  • Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 23 January 1964, to National Metals & Steel Corp.
  • Sakatonchee received three battle stars for World War II service
    Specifications:
    Displacement 2,225 t.(fl)
    Length 220' 6"
    Beam 37'
    Draft 13'
    Speed 10 kts.
    Complement 62
    Armament
    one single 3"/50 dual purpose gun mount
    two single 40mm AA gun mounts
    Cargo Capacity 1,228 DWT
    Propulsion diesel direct drive, single screw, 720hp
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