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AOG-57 Pecatonica


USS Pecatonica (AOG-57) transferred to Taiwan and renamed ROCS Chang Pei (AOG-517)
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - National Defense Service Medal
Patapsco Class Gasoline Tanker:
  • Laid down, 6 December 1944, as a Maritime Commission type (T1-MT-M1) tanker hull under a Maritime Commission contract at Cargill Inc., Savage MN.
  • Launched, 17 March 1945
  • Commissioned USS Pecatonica (AOG-57), 28 November 1945, at New Orleans, LA., LCDR. M. E. Vallario in command
  • Decommissioned, 7 February 1946, at Norfolk, VA.
  • Laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet
  • Recommissioned, 28 April 1948, at Norfolk VA.
  • Decommissioned, 24 April 1961, at Tsoying, Taiwan
  • Transferred, on loan, the same day to the Republic of China under the Security Assistance Program, renamed ROCS Chang Pei (AOG-307), later (AOG-517)
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 15 April 1976
  • Chang Pei (AOG-517) was decommissioned, 1 April 2005, at Kaohsiung, Taiwan
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 1,850 t.(lt) 4,130 t.(fl)
    Length 310' 9"
    Beam 48' 6"
    Draft 15' 8"
    Speed 15.5 kts.
    Complement 131
    Armament
    four single 3"/50 dual purpose gun mounts
    twelve single 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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    USS Pecatonica (AOG-57)
    Pecatonica 113k Pecatonica (AOG-57) in port, date and place unknown. Paul Gryniewicz
    Courtesy Larry Sullivan
    Pecatonica 90k Pecatonica (AOG-57) at anchor, date and place unknown. Paul Gryniewicz
    Courtesy Larry Sullivan
    Pecatonica 45k Pecatonica (AOG-57) underway, circa 1957, location unknown. Robert Hurst
    Pecatonica 57k Pecatonica (AOG-57) leaves her home port for the last time as she sails for Taiwan on her way to being turned over the Taiwanese Navy, circa March-April-1961.
    US Navy photo from "All Hands" magazine, May 1961.    		 Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
    ROCS Chang Pei (AOG-307) and (AOG-507)
    Pecatonica 36k ex Pecatonica (AOG-57) in Taiwanese service as ROCS Chang Pei (AOG-307) Republic of China Navy web site
    Pecatonica 29k ROCS Chang Pei (AOG-517) Republic of China Navy web site
    Pecatonica 38k ROCS Chang Pei (AOG-517) moored alongside Hsing Lung (AOG-515) ex Elkhorn (AOG-7) Republic of China Navy web site
    View the Pecatonica (AOG-57)
    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 & Jet Fuel - The Story of the Patapsco Class Gasoline Tanker
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