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T-AOG-79 Petaluma

Rincon Class Gasoline Tanker: Laid down, 3 May 1945, as Raccoon Bend, a Maritime Commission type (T1-M-BT2) tanker hull at Todd Shipyards, Inc, Houston TX., under Maritime Commission contract (MC 2647); Launched, 9 August 1945; Delivered to the Maritime Commission for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, 28 November 1945; Acquired by the Navy and assigned to MSTS; Placed In-service as USNS Petaluma (T-AOG-79); 11 September 1950; placed Out-of-service, (date unknown); Transferred, leased to South Korea, 2 February 1982, under terms of the Security Assistance Program; Renamed Jinyang (AOE-56); Struck from the Naval Register, 29 August 1997; Final disposition, sold under the Security Assistance Program, 13 April 2000, for overseas scraping.

Specifications: Displacement 2,100 t.(lt) 6.047 t.(fl); Length 325'; Beam 48'; Draft 19'; Propulsion, four diesel electric engines, single shaft.

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Contributed By
	176k	Seen here as USNS Petaluma (T-AOG-79) MSC Sealift Magazine US Navy photo		Carl R Friberg Jr

There is no DANFS History currently available for Petaluma (AOG-79) at the Haze Gray & Underway Web Site, the main archive for the DANFS Online Project.

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Fleet Reserve Association

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