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USNS Mascoma (T-AO-83)
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 USS Mascoma (AO-83) (1944 - 1950)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Juliet - Uniform - Bravo
 NJUB
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons



Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (7)
Second Row - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - National Defense Service Medal
Third Row - Korean Service Medal - United Nations Service Medal - Republic of Korea War Service Medal (retroactive)
Escambia Class Fleet Oiler:
  • Laid down, 31 January 1943, as a Maritime Commission type (T2-SE-A2) tanker hull under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 1262) at Marinship, Sausalito, CA.
  • Launched, 31 May 1943
  • Commissioned USS Mascoma (AO-83), 3 February 1944, CDR. C. C. Eden in command
  • During World War II USS Mascoma was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater
  • Decommissioned, 17 December 1945
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 8 January 1946
  • Transferred to the Maritime Commission, 27 June 1946, for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River Group, Lee Hall, VA.
  • Leased to Trinidad Corp., 10 October 1947
  • Reacquired by the Navy, 4 February 1948
  • Laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Texas Group, Orange, TX.
  • Reactivated, 27 July 1950 and placed in service by the Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS) as USNS Mascoma (T-AO-83), operated under charter
  • Placed out of service and struck from the Naval Register, 18 June 1959 and transferred to the Maritime Administration for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River Group. Lee Hall, VA.
  • Commercial Service
    Transferred to Hudson Waterways Corp., 4 November 1966, under the MARAD Exchange Program
    Renamed SS Seatrain Oregon in December 1966
    Converted to a containership, 29 August 1969
    Sold, 10 September 1969 to C.I.T. Corporation
    Final Disposition, presumed scrapped, date unknown
  • USS Mascoma received seven battle stars for World War II service
    Specifications:
    Displacement 5,532 t.(lt) 22,380 t.(fl)
    Length 523' 6"
    Beam 68'
    Draft 30' 10"
    Speed 15.1 kts. (trial)
    Complement
    Officers 22
    Enlisted 245
    Armament
    one single 5"/38 cal dual purpose gun mount
    four single 3"/50 cal dual purpose gun mounts
    four twin 40mm AA gun mounts
    twelve single 20mm AA gun mounts
    Cargo Capacity
    NSFO 120,400 Bbls
    Gasoline 575,000 Gals
    Fuel Capacity NSFO 9,235 Bbls
    Propulsion
    one General Electric turbo-electric engines
    two Babcock and Wilcox D-type boilers, 600psi 800°
    Ship's Service Generators
    two turbo-drive 400Kw 450V A.C.
    two turbo-drive 85Kw 120V D.C.
    two turbo-drive 55Kw 120V D.C.
    one turbo-drive 50Kw 450V. A.C.
    one propeller, 10,000shp
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    Mascoma 94k Forward plan view of USS Mascoma (AO-83) at Alameda, CA., 5 April 1944, during conversion for Naval service. She has been newly painted in camouflage scheme Measure 32 Design 3AO.
    Navy Yard Mare Island photo # 2142-44    		 Darryl Baker
    Mascoma 73k Stern plan view of USS Mascoma (AO-83) at Alameda, CA., 5 April 1944, during conversion for Naval service.
    Navy Yard Mare Island photo # 2156-44    		 Darryl Baker
    Mascoma 66k Bow on view of USS Mascoma (AO-83) underway in San Francisco Bay, 8 April 1944.
    Navy Yard Mare Island photo # 2221-44    		 Darryl Baker
    Mascoma 63k Stern view of USS Mascoma (AO-83) underway in San Francisco Bay, 8 April 1944.
    Navy Yard Mare Island photo # 2222-44    		 Darryl Baker
    Mascoma 95k Broadside view of USS Mascoma (AO-83) underway in San Francisco Bay, 8 April 1944.
    Navy Yard Mare Island photo # 2224-44    		 Darryl Baker
    Mascoma 70k USS Mascoma (AO-83) underway in San Francisco Bay, 8 April 1944.
    US Navy photo from the San Francisco NARA, Mare Island Navy Yard Ship Files.    		 Tracy White
    Mascoma 63k
    Mascoma 582k USS Mascoma (AO-83) underway off the coast of Northern California in April 1944.
    Navy Yard Mare Island photo # 775 -5-44    		 David Buell
    Mascoma 67k USS Mascoma (AO-83) at anchor with LCT-1453 alongside, date and location unknown.
    US Navy photo    		 Kenneth Becker MoMM2/c USS Mascoma
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    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval History and Heritage Command
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
    Fleet Reserve Association
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
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