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IX-128 / AW-1 Stag


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Stag Class Distilling Ship:
  • Laid down, 13 November 1943, as SS Norman O. Pedrick, a Maritime Commission type (Z-ET1-S-C3) tanker hull under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 1932) at Delta Shipbuilding, New Orleans, LA.
  • Launched, 7 January 1944
  • Acquired by the US Navy, and commissioned, USS Stag (IX-128), 16 February 1944, LT. Emery A. Winckler in command
  • Converted from a tanker to a water distilling ship at Tampa Shipbuilding Corp., Tampa, FL.
  • Redesignated Distilling Ship AW-1 (date unknown)
  • During World War II Stag was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater
  • Decommissioned, 30 April 1946, at Norfolk, VA.
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 8 May 1946
  • Transferred to the Maritime Commission for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River, Fort Eustis, VA. and renamed SS Norman O. Pedrick
  • Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 1 July 1970, to Aguilar Y. Peris, S.L., Burriana, Spain
    Specifications:
    Displacement 3,745 t.(lt) 14,350 t.(fl)
    Length 441' 6"
    Beam 56' 11"
    Draft 28' 4"
    Speed 12.5 kts.
    Complement 171
    Armament
    one single 5"/38 dual purpose gun mount
    one single 3"/50 dual purpose gun mount
    Propulsion reciprocating steam engine, single propeller, 2,500 shp
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    Stag 130k Norman O. Pedrick steams away from her builder's yard, Delta Shipbuilding Company, New Orleans, LA, upon completion, 15 February 1944. She was delivered to the Navy on the following day and placed in commission as USS Stag (IX-168). She was converted to a water distilling ship during March-August 1944 and redesignated (AW-1).
    US Navy photo # NH 75821 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center.    		 US Naval Historical Center
    Stag 60k Stag (AW-1) photographed circa mid-1944, probably upon completion of conversion to a water distilling ship. Note: she is painted in Camouflage Measure 32, Design 11F. The medium tones of this pattern are only faintly visible on the ship's forward and midships hull sides.
    US Navy photo # NH 85469, courtesy of Donald M. McPherson, 1977, from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center.    		 US Naval Historical Center
    Stag 100k Stag (AW-1) in port, circa mid-1944, probably upon completion of conversion to a water distilling ship. An escort ship (DE) is partially visible in the foreground.
    US Navy photo # NH 91148, courtesy of William H. Davis, 1980, from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center.    		 US Naval Historical Center
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