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AOG-52 Mattabesset

Flag Hoist/International Radio Call Sign: November - Charlie - Zulu - Alpha
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 Medal (with Asia clasp) - National Defense Service Medal - Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (4-Lebanon)
Patapsco Class Gasoline Tanker:
  • Laid down, 6 July 1944, as a Maritime Commission type (T1-MT-M1) tanker hull, under a Maritime Commission contract, at Cargill, Inc., Savage, MN.
  • Launched, 11 November 1944
  • Commissioned USS Mattabesset (AOG-52), 16 June 1945, Lt. Comdr. N. O. W. Adams, Jr., USNR, in command
  • Decommissioned (date unknown) at Norfolk, VA.
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 1 October 1968
  • Transferred to the Maritime Commission for lay up in National Defense Reserve Fleet
  • Final Disposition, scrapped in 1959
    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 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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    Mattabesset 85k Mattabesset (AOG-52) underway, date and place unknown. Paul Gryniewicz, AOG-56
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    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center web site
    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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