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USS Chehalis (AOG-48)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Hotel - Uniform - Tango
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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
Patapsco Class Gasoline Tanker:
  • Laid down, 23 November 1944, as a Maritime Commission type (T1-MT-M1) tanker hull, under a Maritime Commission contract, at Cargill, Inc., Savage, MN.
  • Launched, 15 April 1944
  • Commissioned USS Chehalis (AOG-48), 5 December 1944, LT. Edward G. Rifenburgh, D-M, USNR, in command
  • During World War II USS Chehalis was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater
  • Lost by explosion, with the lose of 6 lives, at Tutuila, American Samoa, 7 October 1949
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 27 October 1949
  • Final Disposition, salvaged hulk sold to government of Samoa, 21 October 1955,
    Specifications:
    Displacement 1,846 t.(lt), 4,130 t.(fl)
    Length 310' 9"
    Beam 48' 6"
    Draft 15' 8"
    Speed 14 kts.
    Complement 131
    Armament
    four single 3"/50 dual purpose gun mounts
    twelve single 20mm AA gun mounts
    Cargo Capacity 2,120 DWT
    Propulsion
    four 980 hp General Electric Diesel engines, electric drive
    twin propellers, 3,300shp
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    Chehalis 43k USS Chehalis (AOG-48) underway, date and location unknown. Paul Gryniewicz, AOG-56
    Chehalis 88k USS Chehalis (AOG-48) at anchor, date and location unknown. Chehalis is wearing Camouflage Measure 32 Design 3D in this circa 1944 photo.
    US Navy photo # NH 83319 courtesy of Donald M. McPherson, 1975, from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center.    		 US Naval Historical Center
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    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval History and Heritage Command
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    U.S. Navy Oilers
    marinelink.com "NAVSEA Removes Fuel from Sunken WW II Era Ship"
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