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AOG-21 Sequatchie

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November - Hotel - Tango - Sierra
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)
Mettawee Class Gasoline Tanker:
  • Originally assigned the name MV Royston by the Maritime Commission
  • Laid down, as MV Sequatchie, a Maritime Commission type (T1-M-A2) tanker hull, under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 790), 1 June 1943, at Todd-Galveston Dry Dock Inc., Galveston, TX.
  • Launched, 21 December 1943
  • Acquired by the Navy from the Maritime Commission, 5 August 1944
  • Commissioned USS Sequatchie (AOG-21), 2 September 1944, LT. Bertram W. Richelt, USNR, in command
  • Decommissioned, 26 June 1946, at New Orleans, LA.
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 15 August 1946
  • Transferred to the Maritime Commission, 7 October 1946, for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Mobile, AL.
  • Sold by the Maritime Commission, 5 March 1948, to Oil Transfer Corp., renamed MV Otco Bayway
  • Sold, 18 April 1962, to Betty Moran Corp.
  • Sold in February 1966 to Peerless #5 Corp., renamed MV Ethel Tibbetts
  • Sold, 20 May 1975, to Metro Marine and Terminals Ltd., re-flagged Canadian
  • Removed from US Fleet, 30 November 1975
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown.
    Specifications:
    Displacement 2,700 t.(fl)
    Length 220' 6"
    Beam 37'
    Draft 13' 1"
    Speed 10 kts.
    Complement 62
    Armament
    one single 3"/50 dual purpose gun mount
    two single 40mm AA gun mounts
    three single 20mm AA gun mounts
    Cargo Capacity 1,228 DWT
    Propulsion diesel direct drive, single screw, 720hp
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