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T-AOG-59 Wacissa

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National Defense Service Medal
Patapsco Class Gasoline Tanker:
  • Laid down, 11 November 1944, as a Maritime Commission type (T1-MT-M1) tanker hull, under a Maritime Commission contract, at Cargill, Inc., Savage, MN.
  • Launched, 15 June 1945
  • Completed, 20 May 1946
  • Delivered to the Maritime Commission in the summer of 1947
  • Laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Lake Charles, LA
  • Transferred, 3 April 1948, to the US Navy Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Orange, TX.
  • Placed in service by the Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS), 18 February 1952, as USNS Wacissa (T-AOG-59)
  • Placed out of service, 25 May 1954
  • Laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Green Cove Springs, FL.
  • Placed in service, 25 May 1956 by the Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS)
  • Placed out of service, transferred to the Maritime Administration for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay , Benecia, CA., 16 October 1956
  • Transferred to the US Navy to be placed in service by the Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS), 8 April 1957
  • Placed out of service and transferred to the US Air Force, 16 September 1957
  • Turned over to Canada, (date unknown) to be operated by the Northern Transportation Co., Ltd.
  • Returned to the US Navy in 1963
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 1 December 1963
  • Final Disposition, sold for scrapping in May 1964 to Nicolai Joffre Corp., Beverly Hills, CA.
    Specifications:
    Displacement 2,270 t.(lt) 4,130 t.(fl)
    Length 310' 9"
    Beam 38' 6"
    Draft 15' 8"
    Speed 14 kts.
    Complement 124
    Armament four 3"/50 dual purpose guns
    Cargo Capacity 2,210 DWT (17,775 barrels)
    Propulsion four 980 hp GE diesel engines, electric drive, twin shafts, 3,300shp
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