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USS Guyandot (AOG-16)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Charlie - India - Kilo NCIK

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal

USS Guyandot (AOG-16) was transferred to France and renamed RFS Lac Noir

Guyandot Class Gasoline Tanker

Built in 1930 as MS Veedol II for Tidewater Oil Co.

Acquired by the US Navy from Tidewater Oil Co. in March 1943

Converted for Naval Service at Brewers Drydock, Staten Island, N.Y.

Commissioned, USS Guyandot (AOG-16), 17 April 1943. LT. Robert R. Crockett, USNR, in command

During World War II Guyandot was assigned to the Europe-Africa-Middle East Theater

Decommissioned, 12 January 1945, at Bizerte, Algeria

Transferred under terms of the lend-lease program to France, renamed FRS Lac Noir

Laid up in reserve, 21 March 1947, at Toulon France, by the French navy

Sold outright to France, 21 March 1949

Struck from the US Naval Register, 28 April 1949

Condemned, 16 May 1951, by the French navy

Struck from the French navy register, 4 December 1952, laid up at Brégaillon (Toulon)

Final Disposition, scrapped on the Seyne sur mer

Specifications:
Displacement 1,818 t.
Length 255'
Beam 44'
Draft 16' 8
Speed 8 kts.

Armament

one single 3"/50 dual purpose gun mount

two 20mm AA gun mounts

Propulsion

Diesel-electric

single propeller

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By
Merchant Service
09201603	103k	MV Veedol II underway outbound to sea from an American port, 12 October 1942. U.S. Coast Guard photo, Photo No. None. Arthur D. Baker III. Courtesy Shipscribe.com	Robert Hurst
09201604	170k	Aerial view of MV Veedol II underway off Plymouth, MA., 1 March 1943. U.S. Navy photo by a blimp based at NAS South Weymouth, MA. Photo No. None. Arthur D. Baker III. Courtesy Shipscribe.com.	Robert Hurst
USS Guyandot
09201605	172k	*Namesake* Guyandot The Guyandotte River is a tributary of the Ohio River, approximately 166 miles long, in southwestern West Virginia. It was named after the French term for the Wendat Native Americans. It drains an area of the unglaciated Allegheny Plateau south of the Ohio between the watersheds of the Kanawha River to the northeast and Twelvepole Creek and the Big Sandy River to the southwest. Via the Ohio River, it is part of the Mississippi River watershed. Wikipedia Photo Post card image of log rafts on the Guyandotte River at Huntington, W.VA., date unknown, E-Bay. Map Guyandotte River watershed showing the Guyandotte and Mud rivers. Kmusser - Self-made, based on USGS data. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.5 Generic"	Tommy Trampp
	817k	*USS Guyandot* (AOG-16)** crew photo, 1 December 1943, location unknown	Dorothy George for her uncle Ray Connell Jr. (Bud) EM2/c USS Guyandot
RFS Lac Noir
	25k	Ex-Guyandot (AOG-16) underway while in French service as RFS Lac Noir, circa 1947, location unknown.	Robert Hurst

USS Guyandot (AOG-16)
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)

Commanding Officers
01	LT. Crockett, Robert Reese, USNR	17 April 1943 - 6 June 1944
02	LT. Adams Jr., Norman Otto Wilhelm, USNR	6 June 1944 - 12 January 1945


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Crew Contact And Reunion Information
Fleet Tankers Association
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log

Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
MARAD Vessel History Database

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