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USS Kishwaukee (AOG-9)


International Radio Call Signs

USS Kishwaukee (AOG-9)
1942 International Radio Call Sign
Nan - Charlie - Charlie - Peter
 NCCP
USS Kishwaukee (AOG-9)
1965 International Radio Call Sign
November - Bravo - Alpha - Bravo
 NBAB
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons






Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive, Okinawa 1945, Da Nang 1969)
Second Row - China Service Medal (extended) - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (2)
Third Row - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - National Defense Service Medal (2)
Fourth Row - Korean Service Medal - Vietnam Service Medal (7) - Republic of Vietnam Meritorious Gallantry Cross Unit Citation
Fifth Row - Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Unit Citation - Philippines Presidential Unit Citation - Philippines Liberation Medal (1)
Fifth Row - United Nations Service Medal - Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal - Republic of Korea War Service Medal (retroactive)
Patapsco Class Gasoline Tanker:
  • Laid down, 22 September 1942, at Cargill Inc., Savage, MN.
  • Launched, 24 July 1943
  • Commissioned USS Kishwaukee (AOG-9), 27 May 1944, LT. Francis M. Hillman, USNR, in command
  • During World War II USS Kishwaukee (AOG-9) participated in the following campaigns:

    Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
    Campaigns and Dates Campaigns and Dates
    Leyte operation,
    Leyte landings, October to 25 to 28 October 1944    		 Okinawa Gunto operation
    Invasion and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 29 March to 30 June 1945

  • USS Kishwaukee was assigned to Occupation and China service in the Far East for the following periods:

    Navy Occupation Service Medal
    China Service Medal (extended)
    26 October 1945 to 15 July 194626 October 1945 to 26 July 1946
    28 March to 31 October 194728 March to 31 October 1947
    17 November to 22 December 194723 to 26 December 1947
    29 December 1947 to 12 January 194823 to 24 April 1954
     13 to 14 June 1954

  • Decommissioned, 2 April 1958
  • Custody transferred to the Maritime Administration (MARAD), 25 February 1960, for lay up in the Maritime Administration National Defense Reserve Fleet, Astoria, OR. Group
  • Permanent title transfer to MARAD, 30 June 1960
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 1 July 1960
  • Reacquired, 31 August 1965
  • Recommissioned, 1 September 1966
  • During the Vietnam War USS Kishwaukee (AOG-9) participated in the following campaigns:

    Vietnam War Campaigns
    Campaigns and Dates Campaigns and Dates
    Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase II
    16 February to 7 April 1967     		Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase VI
    16 to 22 February 1969
    Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase III
    29 November 1967 to 29 January 1968     		Tet/69 Counteroffensive
    23 February to 8 June 1969 February
    Tet Counteroffensive
    30 January to 27 February 1968     		Vietnamese Summer-Fall 1969
    9 June to 20 July1969
    Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase IV
    19 March to 18 May 1968    		  

  • Decommissioned, 15 January 1970, at Naval Station Pearl Harbor, HI.
  • Laid up at INACTSHIPMAINTFAC West Loch, Pearl Harbor, HI.
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 1 August 1974
  • USS Kishwaukee earned two battle stars for World War II service and seven campaign stars for Vietnam War service
  • Disposed of by MARAD sale, 18 December 1978, to Mid Pacific Sea Harvesters Inc., for conversion to a fishing vessel,
  • Final Disposition, scrapped at Shanghai, China in 1997
    Specifications:
    Displacement 1,850 t.(lt) 2,270 t.(fl)
    Length 310' 9"
    Beam 48' 6"
    Draft 11' 1"
    Speed 14 kts.
    Complement
    Officers 9
    Enlisted 118
    Largest Boom Capacity 3 t.
    Armament
    four single 3"/50 cal dual purpose gun mounts
    twelve single 20mm AA gun mounts
    Cargo Capacity 2,040 DWT
    Oil 7,975 Bbls
    Gasoline 410,510 Gals
    Fuel Capacity Diesel 2,240 Bbls
    Propulsion
    four General Motors 16-278A Diesel engines
    single Fair banks Morse Main Reduction Gears
    Ship's Service Generators
     two Diesel-drive 225Kw 120V/240V D.C.
     one Diesel-drive 10Kw 240V D.C.
    two propellers, 3,300shp
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    09200914    		 305k Mrs. John Shipp christens Kishwaukee (AOG-9), 24 July 1943, at Cargill Inc., Savage, MN.
    St. Paul Pioneer Press, Sunday July 25, 1943    		 Jon Strupp
    Kishwaukee 162k Kishwaukee (AOG-9) moored at her builders yard, Cargill Inc., Savage, MN., 6 April 1944.
    Photo courtesy Wisconsin Maritime Museum, home of the SS Cobia.    		 Larry Bohr
    Kishwaukee 120k
    Kishwaukee 163k
    Kishwaukee 103k
    Kishwaukee 108k USS Kishwaukee (AOG-9), painted camouflage scheme 32/3D, underway on the Mississippi River off New Orleans, LA., 2 June 1944.
    US National Archives, R G-19-LCM photo # 19-N-66594, a US Navy Bureau of Ships photo now in the collections of the US National Archives, courtesy Shipscribe.com.    		 Mike Green
    Kishwaukee 91k USS Kishwaukee (AOG-9) under way date and location unknown. Kishwaukee is painted camouflage scheme 32/3D. Paul Graniteware
    Courtesy Larry Survivance
    Kishwaukee 128k USS Kishwaukee (AOG-9) under way at Pearl Harbor, HI., in 1966. Paul Graniteware
    Courtesy Larry Survivance
    Kishwaukee 305k USS Kishwaukee (AOG-9) under way, 2 August 1967, location unknown.
    Naval Photographic Center photo # KN-15010 by PH2 H.L. Unger    		 David Wright
    Kishwaukee 101k USS Kishwaukee (AOG-9) at Pearl Harbor, HI, October 1968 © Richard Leonhardt
    Kishwaukee 77k USS Kishwaukee (AOG-9) under way date and location unknown Hyperwar US Navy in WWII
    Kishwaukee 111k USS Kishwaukee (AOG-9) taking on a load of fuel at Da Nang, South Vietnam from USNS Pecos (T-AO-65) before getting underway to refuel Support Activity outposts, date unknown.
    US Navy photo from "All Hands" magazine, August 1967.    		 Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
    USS Kishwaukee (AOG-9)
    Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)
    Commanding Officers
    01LCDR. Hillman, Francis M., USNR27 May 1944 - 12 May 1945
    02LT. Scott Jr., John Virgil, USNR12 May 1945 - 12 December 1945
    03LTjg. Mandabach Jr., Paul J., USNR12 December 1945 - 15 February 1946
    04LCDR. Maddalena Jr., Arthur D., USN15 February 1946 - 11 August 1946
    05LCDR. Sigleer, Harry Lee, USN11 August 1946 - 21 March 1947
    06LCDR. Kupbens, Harry Joseph, USN21 March 1947 - 9 March 1948
    07LT. Stephens, Edwin Kern, USN9 March 1948 - 1949
    08LT. Neibauer, Raymond J., USNR9 March 1956 - 23 February 1957
    09LT. Redifer III, Andrew Perry, USN23 February 1957 - 2 April 1958
     Decommissioned2 April 1958 - 1 September 1966
    10LT. Yarber, Gene, USN1 September 1966 - 23 February 1967
    11LT. Brooks, Edward Walter, USN23 February 1967 - 15 January 1970
    Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler and Ron Reeves
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    MARAD Vessel History Database
    USS Kishwaukee (AOG-9) Decommissioning Program
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