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AOG-27 Escatawpa

Flag Hoist/International Radio Call Sign:
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Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal

USS Escatawpa (AOG-27) 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 contract (MC hull 1524) at East Coast Shipyards Inc., Bayonne, N.J.
  • Launched, 3 June 1944
  • Commissioned USS Escatawpa (AOG-27), 14 August 1944, LT. H. T. Nottage, USCGR, in command
  • During World War II Escatawpa was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater
  • Driven aground by typhoon Louise at Kagoshima Kaiwan, 17 September 1945
  • Refloated, 10 October 1945
  • Decommissioned, 20 March 1946, at San Francisco, CA.
  • Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown)
  • Transferred to the Maritime Commission for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet
  • Sold for commercial service in April 1947 to a Brazilian firm
  • Final Disposition, sunk in 1970
    Specifications:
    Displacement 846 t.(lt) 2,270 t.(fl)
    Length 220' 6"
    Beam 37'
    Draft 17'
    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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    Escatawpa 112k Escatawpa (AOG-27) underway in the vicinity of Hampton Roads, VA., 3 October 1944. Photographed from an aircraft based at NAS Norfolk, VA. Escatawpa's camouflage is Measure 32, Design 8AO.
    US Navy photo # NH 99534 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center    		 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 Escatawpa AOG-27
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