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AOG-41 Tetonkaha

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

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American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
Mettawee Class Gasoline Tanker
  • Laid down, 27 September 1944, as a Maritime Commission type (T1-M-A2) tanker hull, under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 2067) at East Coast Shipyards Inc., Bayonne, N.J.
  • Launched, 29 October 1944
  • Commissioned USS Tetonkaha (AOG-41), 8 December 1944, LT. Paul J. Hall, USNR, in command
  • Decommissioned, 22 January 1946, at Mare Island, CA.
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 12 March 1946
  • Custody transferred to the Maritime Commission, for disposal, 1 July 1946
  • Sold by the Maritime Commission to the Sun Oil Co., Philadelphia, PA., and renamed Maumee Sun
  • 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 single 40mm AA gun mounts
    three single 20mm AA gun mounts
    Cargo Capacity DWT 1,228
    Propulsion diesel direct drive, single screw, 720hp
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    Tetonkaha 67k Ex-Tetonkaha (AOG-41) underway while in commercial as the Sun Oil Company's Maumee Sun in Boston harbor off Castle Island, circa 11 July 1964. Photo by ©Richard Leonhardt
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    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
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