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AOG-49 Chestatee

Flag Hoist/International Radio Call Sign:
November - Hotel - Victor - Alpha
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
Individual Awards

Purple Heart (27 July 1945 - 5 KIA, 8 WIA)
Patapsco Class Gasoline Tanker:
  • Laid down (date unknown) as a Maritime Commission type (T1-MT-M1) tanker hull, under a Maritime Commission contract, at Cargill, Inc., Savage, MN.
  • Launched, 29 April 1944
  • Commissioned USS Chestatee (AOG-49), 14 December 1944, LT. W. N. Ohly, USNR, in command
  • Decommissioned, 8 April 1946
  • Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown)
  • Transferred to the Maritime Commission for lay up in National Defense Reserve Fleet
  • Reacquired in August 1948 and laid up in the Reserve Fleet
  • Placed in service with the Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS) as USNS Chestatee (T-AOG-49) in March 1952
  • Placed out of service in May 1954
  • Laid up in the Reserve Fleet
  • Placed in service, with MSTS as USNS Chestatee (T-AOG-49) in April 1956
  • Placed out of service in September 1957 and loaned to the US Air Force
  • Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown)
  • Final Disposition, sold for scrapping in 1963
    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 Propulsion, four 980 hp GE diesel engines, electric drive, twin shafts, 3,300shp
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    Chestatee 108k Chestatee (AOG-49) at anchor in December 1944, location unknown. She is painted in camouflage measure 32 design 3D. Paul Gryniewicz
    Courtesy Larry Sullivan
    View the Chestatee (AOG-49)
    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
    Fleet Reserve Association
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    Avgas Mogas & Jet Fuel - The Story of the Patapsco Class Gasoline Tanker
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