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AOG-20 Seekonk

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November - Charlie - Kilo - Golf
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons



Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive)
Second Row - China Service Medal (extended) - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal
Third Row - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - Philippines Liberation Medal
Mettawee Class Gasoline Tanker:
  • Laid down in 1943, MV Summit Springs a Maritime Commission type (T1-M-A2) tanker hull, under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 902) at East Coast Shipyard Inc., Bayonne, N.J.
  • Launched, 24 May 1943
  • Commissioned USS Seekonk (AOG-20), 10 February 1944, LTjg. Albert E. Eldred, USNR, in command
  • Decommissioned, 1 May 1946, at San Francisco, CA.
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 21 May 1946
  • Transferred to the Maritime Commission at the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay, Benecia, CA.,for disposal as a merchant vessel, name reverted to MV Summit Springs
  • Sold by the Maritime Commission, 28 January 1949, to Irving Steamship Ltd.
  • Final Disposition, 7 June 1963, burned off Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada
    Specifications:
    Displacement 846 t.(lt) 2,255 t.(fl)
    Length 220' 6"
    Beam 37'
    Draft 13'
    Speed 10 kts.
    Complement 59
    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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