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AOG-58 Pinnebog

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, 29 December 1944, as a Maritime Commission type (T1-MT-M1) tanker hull, under a Maritime Commission contract, at Cargill, Inc., Savage, MN.
  • Launched, 12 May 1945
  • Commissioned USS Pinnebog (AOG-58), 20 October 1945
  • Decommissioned, 2 May 1949
  • Laid up in the Reserve Fleet
  • Placed in service by the Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS) as USNS Pinnebog (T-AOG-58), March 1952
  • Placed out of service in July 1954 and loaded to the US Air Force to provide support services to vessels engaged in the support DEW line sites along the western Canadian Arctic USAF and Canadian DEW Line Support Service
  • Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown)
  • Custody transferred to the Maritime Commission, 15 December 1987
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    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 gun mounts. 12 20mm gun mounts; Cargo DWT 2,120
    Propulsion Propulsion, four 980 hp GE diesel engines, electric drive, twin shafts, 3,300shp
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    Pinnebog 63k Pinnebog (AOG-58) riding at anchored in Tuktoyaktuk harbor, Canada, circa June to October 1972 or 1973. Wayne Smith
    ARD-31 74k Pinnebog (AOG-58) sits in the background as ARD-31 cranes prepare the docking basin for the drydocking of Pinnebog at Tuktoyaktuk harbor, Canada, circa June to October 1972 or 1973. Note Pinnebog in the background at anchor. Wayne Smith
    ARD-31 62k Pinnebog (AOG-58) approaching the dock, far right while ARD-31's docking basin is flooding at Tuktoyaktuk harbor, Canada, circa June to October 1972 or 1973. Note Pinnebog approaching the dock in the background. Wayne Smith
    ARD-31 63k Pinnebog (AOG-58) entering the fully flooded docking basin of ARD-31 at Tuktoyaktuk harbor, circa June to October 1972 or 1973./font> Wayne Smith
    ARD-31 62k Pinnebog (AOG-58) part way into the docking basin of ARD-31 at Tuktoyaktuk harbor, circa June to October 1972 or 1973. Wayne Smith
    ARD-31 58k Pinnebog (AOG-58) part way into the docking basin of ARD-31 at Tuktoyaktuk harbor, circa June to October 1972 or 1973. Wayne Smith
    ARD-31 58k Pinnebog (AOG-58) in the docking basin of ARD-31 at Tuktoyaktuk harbor, circa June to October 1972 or 1973. Wayne Smith
    ARD-31 88k Pinnebog (AOG-58) on the blocks in the docking basin of ARD-31 at Tuktoyaktuk harbor, circa June to October 1972 or 1973. Wayne Smith
    ARD-31 88k Pinnebog (AOG-58) bow view, looking down into the docking basin of ARD-31 at Tuktoyaktuk harbor, circa June to October 1972 or 1973. Wayne Smith
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