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AOG-34 Oconee


USS Oconee (AOG-34) was manned by the US Coast Guard during World War II
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
  • Laid down, 18 October 1944, as a Maritime Commission type (T1-M-A2) tanker hull, under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 1531) at East Coast Shipyards Inc., Bayonne, N.J.
  • Launched, 19 November 1944
  • Acquired by the Navy, 23 December 1944
  • Commissioned USS Oconee (AOG-34), 23 December 1944, Lt. Joseph T. Collins, USCG, in command
  • Decommissioned, 28 March 1946
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 1 May 1946
  • Transferred to the Maritime Commission, (date unknown), 1 July 1946, for disposal
  • Sold for commercial service, M/V Piratini, reflagged Brazilian.
  • 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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