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AOG-38 Ponchatoula

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Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive, 28 May to 8 July 1945, Okinawa) - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Medal (with Asia Clasp)
Sequatchie Class Gasoline Tanker:
  • Laid down, 7 June 1944, as a Maritime Commission type (T1-M-A2) tanker hull, under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 1801) at East Coast Shipyards Inc., Bayonne, N.J.
  • Launched, 30 July 1944
  • Delivered to the US Navy, 30 September 1944
  • Commissioned USS Ponchatoula (AOG-38), 6 October 1944, LT. W. G. Peyton in command.
  • During World War II Ponchatoula was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaign;
  • Decommissioned, 24 April 1946
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 31 May 1946
  • Transferred to the Maritime Commission, 9 December 1946, for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay, Benecia, CA.
  • Commercial Service
    Sold to Sun Oil Co., 6 May 1948, renamed M/V Mystic Sun
    Sold to Frank Atmanchuk, 15 May 1969, converted to a barge
    Sold to Frank's Marine Service in June 1969
    Final Disposition, fate unknown
  • Ponchatoula earned one battle star for World War II service
    Specifications:
    Displacement 846 t.(lt) 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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