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AOG-65 Michigamme


USS Michigamme (AOG-65) was manned by the US Coast Guard during World War II

USS Michigamme (AOG-65) was sold to Argentina, renamed ARA Punta Ninfas (B-15)
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
Klickitat Class Gasoline Tanker: Laid down, date unknown, as a Maritime Commission type (T1-MT-BT1) tanker hull, under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 2625) at St. Johns River Shipbuilding, Jacksonville, FL.
  • Launched, 30 December 1944
  • Commissioned USS Michigamme (AOG-65), August 1945, with a Coast Guard crew
  • Decommissioned, 23 January 1946
  • Delivered to the Maritime Commission, 24 January 1946, for disposal
  • Renamed MS Black Bayou
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • Sold to the Argentine Navy, late-January 1946
  • Commissioned in the Argentine Navy as ARA Punta Ninfas (B-15)
  • Final Disposition, scrapped in 1964
    Specifications:
    Displacement 1,980 t.(lt), 5,970 t.(fl)
    Length 325' 4"
    Beam 48' 2"
    Draft 19'
    Speed 11 kts.
    Complement 80
    Armament
    one single 3"/50 dual purpose gun mount
    two single 40mm AA gun mounts
    three single 20mm gun AA gun mounts
    Cargo 30,000bbls
    Propulsion Propulsion, diesel, single propeller, 1,700shp
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    Michigamme 39k Ex-Michigamme (AOG-65) underway, circa 1948 while in service as the Argentine oiler ARA Punta Ninfas Robert Hurst
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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
    U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office - USS Michigamme AOG-65
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