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Shawmut (ID-1255 / CM-4)
Oglala (CM 4 / ARG-1)


Aroostook Class Minelayer: Built by William Cramp and Sons Shipyard, Philadelphia, PA as the steamer SS Massachusetts; Acquired by the Navy, 9 November 1917; Commissioned, as ID-1255, 7 December 1917; Renamed Shawmut, 7 January 1918; Converted to an Aviation Tender after World War I, (date unknown); Redesignated as a Minelayer CM-4 , 1920; Renamed, Oglala 1 January 1928; Lost to enemy action, 7 December 1941 at Pearl Harbor, HI; Refloated and placed "in ordinary" status; Redesignated as an Internal Combustion Engine Repair Ship ARG-1, 21 May 1943; Placed in full commission, 28 February 1944; Decommissioned, 11 July 1946 at San Francisco CA.; Struck from the Naval Register, 12 July 1946; Transferred to the Maritime Commission, 12 July 1946; Sold for scrap, November 1965 to Joffe Brothers Shipbreaking Yard, Richmond, CA. Oglala earned one battle star for World War II service.

Specifications: Displacement 3,746 t.; Length 386'; Beam 52' 2'; Draft 15' 7"; Speed 14 kts; Armament one 5"/51, four 3"/50, four 40mm, eight 20mm.
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Shawmut 140k Ship's officers and men posed on board at Inverness, Scotland, in September 1918, after having subscribed 100% on the first day of the Fourth Liberty Loan drive.
US Navy photo # NH 50492 from the collection of Eugene J Grow
US Naval Historical Center
Shawmut 96k Operating at sea in October 1918, during the laying of the North Sea mine barrage. The ship is painted in a disruptive camouflage scheme.
US Navy photo # NH 42398
US Naval Historical Center
Shawmut 105k At Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in January 1920. A Curtiss N-9 aircraft (Bureau # A2636) is on the water by her stern and another is resting on her after deck. A "Sea Sled" and motor launch are tied up along her starboard side.
US Navy photo # NH 78226 courtesy US Naval Institute photo collection
US Naval Historical Center
Shawmut 125k In the Caribbean area, April 1924.
US Navy photo # NH 42399
US Naval Historical Center
Shawmut 89k In the Hudson River, New York, with YO-5 alongside, 2 May 1927
US Navy photo # NH 43613
US Naval Historical Center
Shawmut 128k USS Holland (AS-3) with submarines alongside at San Diego, c. 1927--USS Langley (CV-1) appears at North Island with Shawmut (CM-4) astern of the carrier. The nearest destroyer on the left is USS Edsall (DD 219).
US Navy Photo NR&L (Mod) 19972
DANFS
Shawmut 94k Circa late 1920s, soon after she was refitted with new boilers and a single smokestack. Note pine trees suspended from her jack staff and foremast yards. USS Overton (DD-239) is among the destroyers visible in the
left background.
US Navy photo # NH 60281
US Naval Historical Center
Shawmut 105k Seen as aviation tender. c. late 1920s -
Shawmut 105k In the Hudson River, New York, with YO-5 alongside, 2 May 1927
US Navy photo # NH 43613
US Naval Historical Center
Oglala 70k Alongside the Pearl Harbor Supply Depot, 17 September 1941
US Navy photo # NH 19-N-25593 from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the US National Archives
US Naval Historical Center
Oglala 137k Pearl Harbor, Oahu, Hawaii. Aerial view, looking west, with the supply depot in upper center, 13 October 1941. Part of the Submarine Base is at lower left; the Navy Yard is in the upper left; and Ford Island is in the top right. USS Holland is at left, at the Submarine Base. Alongside her are submarines Sturgeon (SS-187), Spearfish (SS-190), Saury (SS-189), Seal (SS-183) and Sargo (SS-188). USS Niagara (PG-52) is alongside the wharf, ahead of Holland. Ships docked at the supply depot, upper center, are Oglala and the S.S. Maui. Among the ships at the piers in the extreme upper left are USS Indianapolis (CA-35), USS San Francisco (CA-38) and USS Antares (AG-10). The two battleships moored by Ford Island, in upper right, are (left) USS Oklahoma (BB-37) and (right) USS Arizona (BB-39).
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the
National Archives.
US Navy Photo 80-G-451131
US Naval Historical Center
Oglala 78k Oglala (ARG-1) in Southwestern Pacific area, circa 1944. She is painted in camouflage Measure 32, Design 6d
US Navy photo # NH 97422
US Naval Historical Center
Oglala 69k Seen here as rebuilt (ARG-1), c. 28 Feb 44 to 11 Jul 45
US Navy photo
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Oglala 24k Seen here as (ARG-1). Date/location unknown. Hyperwar US Navyin World War II
Oglala 112k ex-Oglala (ARG 1). Being scrapped at the Joffe Brothers Shipbreaking Yard, Richmond, CA, 3 December 1965.
US Navy photo # NH 44582 photo by LT J. R. Shackleton, USNR
US Naval Historical Center

View the Oglala (CM 4) Salvage Operation Photos
View the Oglala (CM-4)
DANFS history entry located on the Haze Gray & Underway web site, the main archive for the DANFS Online Project
Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S.Navy Memorial Foundation
Fleet Reserve Association

Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
Naval Minewarfare Association
Association of Minemen
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