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AOG-25 Calamus


Flag Hoist/International Radio Call Sign:
November - Hotel - Uniform - Juliet


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)

USS Calamus was manned by the US Coast Guard during World War II
Mettawee Class Gasoline Tanker:
  • Laid down (date unknown), as a Maritime Commission type (T1-M-A2) tanker hull, under Maritime Commission (MC hull 1522) contract at East Coast Shipyards Inc., Bayonne, N.J.
  • Launched, 4 May 1944
  • Acquired by the Navy from the Maritime Commission, and Commissioned, USS Calamus (AOG-25), 7 July 1944, LT. W. Hord, USCGR, in command
  • During World War II Calamus was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaign;
  • While at Okinawa Calamus was beached as a result of Typhoon Louise, 9 October 1945, re-floated 24 October 1945, repaired and returned to service
  • Decommissioned, 15 May 1946, at San Francisco, CA.
  • Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown)
  • Transferred to the Maritime Commission, 4 September 1946, for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay, Benecia, CA.
  • Final Disposition, sold for scrapping 2 March 1946, to National Metals & Steel Corp.
  • Calamus received one battle star for service in World War II
    Specifications:
    Displacement 845 t.(lt), 2,270 t.(fl)
    Length 220' 6"
    Beam 37'
    Draft 13' 11"
    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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    Calamus 61k Calamus (AOG-25) underway off San Francisco, CA., circa March 1946.
    US Navy photo # NH 78644 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center, courtesy of Donald M. McPherson, 1974.    		 US Naval Historical Center
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    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S.Navy Memorial Foundation
    Fleet Reserve Association
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office - USS Calamus (AOG-25)
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