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AOG-30 Kalamazoo


USS Kalmazoo (AOG-30) was manned by the US Coast Guard during World War II

USS Kalmazoo (AOG-30) was transferred to Colombia, renamed ARC Blas de Lezo (BT-62)
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 - Philippine Liberation Medal
Mettawee Class Gasoline Tanker:
  • Laid down, 7 July 1944, as a Maritime Commission type (T1-M-A2) tanker hull, under a Maritime Commission contract, at East Coast Shipyards Inc., Bayonne, N.J.
  • Launched, 30 August 1944
  • Acquired by the Navy from the Maritime Commission, 7 October 1944
  • Commissioned USS Kalamazoo (AOG-30), 14 October 1944, at New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, N,Y., LT. W. Pierson, Jr., USCGR, in command
  • Decommissioned, 18 May 1946, at Mobile, AL.
  • Transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal
  • Transferred, 26 November 1947, to Colombia, renamed ARC Blas de Lezo (BT-62)
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    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 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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    ARC Blas de Lezo (BT-62)
    Kalamazoo 62k Ex-Kalamazoo (AOG-30) underway, circa 1948 while in Columbian service as ARC Blas de Lezo (BT-62) Robert Hurst
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    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center web site
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S.Navy Memorial Foundation
    Fleet Reserve Association
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    The CG History Center
    U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office - USS Kalamazoo (AOG-30)
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