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AOG-51 Maquoketa

Flag Hoist/International Radio Call Sign:
November - Charlie - Yankee - Yankee
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
Bottom Row - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - National Defense Service Medal - Philippines Liberation Medal
Patapsco Class Gasoline Tanker:
  • Laid down, 14 January 1944, as a Maritime Commission type (T1-MT-M1) tanker hull, under a Maritime Commission contract, at Cargill, Inc., Savage, MN.
  • Launched, 12 August 1944
  • Commissioned USS Maquoketa (AOG-51), 27 February 1945
  • Decommissioned, 21 February 1947
  • Laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay, Benecia, CA., 18 June 1947
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 12 March 1958
  • Transferred to the Maritime Commission for lay up in National Defense Reserve Fleet
  • Reacquired and assigned to the Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS) in 1952
  • Placed in service as USNS Maquoketa (T-AOG-51), 1 March 1952
  • Placed out of service, 18 May 1954
  • Laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay, Benecia, CA., 16 October 1956
  • Placed in service as USNS Maquoketa (T-AOG-51), 30 April 1957 with MSTS
  • Placed out of service, 9 October 1957
  • Laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay, Benecia, CA., 11 February 1958
  • Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown)
  • Transferred to the Maritime Commission for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, 3 March 1958
  • Final Disposition, sold for non-transportaiton use, 2 December 1975, to National Metal and Steel Corp.
    Specifications:
    Displacement 1,850 t.(lt) 4,570 t.(fl)
    Length 310' 9"
    Beam 48' 6"
    Draft 15' 8"
    Speed 15.5 kts.
    Complement 124 to 68
    Armament
    As Built
    four single 3"/50 dual purpose gun mounts
    twelve single20mm AA gun mounts
    Modified
    reduced to three single 3:/50 gun mounts and no 20mm AA gun mounts
    Cargo Capacity 2,210 DWT
    Propulsion four 980 hp GE diesel engines, electric drive, twin shafts, 3,300shp
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    Maquoketa 97k Maquoketa (AOG-51) underway, date and location unknown. She is painted in camouflage measure 32 design 3D. Paul Gryniewicz
    Courtesy Larry Sullivan
    Maquoketa 55k Maquoketa (AOG-51) underway, date and location unknown. She is painted in camouflage measure 32 design 3D. Paul Gryniewicz
    Courtesy Larry Sullivan
    View the Maquoketa (AOG-51)
    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S.Navy Memorial Foundation
    Fleet Reserve Association
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    Avgas MoGas and Jet Fuel - The Story of the Patapsco Class Gasoline Tanker
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