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AOG-40 Sacandaga

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Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal
Mettawee Class Gasoline Tanker:
  • Laid down, 4 August 1944, as a Maritime Commission type (T1-M-A2) tanker hull, under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 1803), at East Coast Shipyards Inc., Bayonne, N.J.
  • Launched, 24 September 1944
  • Commissioned USS Sacandaga (AOG-40), 9 November 1944
  • Grounded with damaged beyond economical repair at Baten Ko, Okinawa during Typhoon Louise, 9 October 1945
  • Abandoned, stripped and finally decommissioned, 23 November 1945
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 5 December 1945
  • Final Disposition, declared a hazard to navigation and destroyed by demolition charges
  • Sacandaga earned 1 battle star during World War II
    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 guns, three single 20mm gun mounts Cargo Capacity 1,228 DWT Propulsion, diesel direct drive, single screw, 720hp
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    Sacandaga 55k Sacandaga (AOG-40) lies on her starboard side, sunk and abandoned at Baten Ko, Okinawa, a casualty of Typhoon Louise, 9 October 1945. Photo is by Lindy Bell, Sr., USS LSM-344
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