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USNS Tonti (T-AOG-76)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Delta - Golf - Echo
 NDGE
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

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National Defense Service Medal

USNS Tonti (T-AOG-76) was transferred to Colombia, renamed ARC Mamonal (BT-62)
Tonti Class Gasoline Tanker:
  • Laid down as Tavern, 16 May 1945, a Maritime Commission type (T1-M-BT2) tanker hull, under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 2648) at Todd-Houston Shipbuilding Corp., Houston, TX.
  • Launched, 23 August 1945
  • Completed December 1945, renamed Tonti and delivered to the Maritime Commission;
  • Laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Orange, TX.
  • Leased, 24 June 1948 to Marine Transport Lines, Inc. for operation for the Naval Transportation Service (NTS)
  • Assigned to the Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS), 1 October 1949 and placed in service as USNS Tonti (T-AOG-76)
  • Placed out of service in July 1960 for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet
  • Transferred to Colombia, 13 January 1965, renamed ARC Mamonal (BT-62)
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • Final Disposition, scrapped in 1975
    Specifications:
    Displacement 2,022 t.(lt)
    Length 325'
    Beam 48'
    Draft 19'
    Speed 10 kts. (fl)
    Complement 38
    Armament none
    Cargo Capacity 30,000bbls
    Propulsion Diesel, single propeller, 1,700shp
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    Namesake
    Tonti - Henri de Tonti (c.?1649 – September 1704), also spelled Henri de Tonty, was a Sicilian-born French military officer, explorer, and voyageur who assisted René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, with North American exploration and colonization from 1678 to 1686. De Tonti was one of the first explorers to navigate and sail the upper Great Lakes. He also sailed the Illinois River and the Mississippi River to its mouth claiming the land for Louis XIV of France. De Tonti established the first permanent European settlement in the lower Mississippi valley, known as Poste de Arkansea, making him "The Father of Arkansas. (Wikipedia)
    Portrait painting of de Tonti, date 1670s-1690s, Source History Museum of Mobile (Mobile, AL.)    		 Tommy Trampp
    Tonti 35k Ex-USNS Tonti (T-AOG-76) underway in Colombian service as ARC Mamonal (BT-62), date unknown Robert Hurst
    USNS Tonti (T-AOG-76)
    Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    Fleet Tankers Association
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
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