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USS Tularosa (AOG-43)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Hotel - Whiskey - Victor
 NHWV
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
Mettawee Class Gasoline Tanker:
  • Laid down, 31 October 1944, as a Maritime Commission type (T1-M-A2) tanker hull, under Maritime Commission contract, (MC 2069) at East Coast Shipyards Inc., Bayonne, N.J.
  • Launched, 17 December 1944
  • Commissioned USS Tularosa (AOG-43), 10 January 1945, LTjg. Rex Montgomery Stagner, USN in command
  • During World War II USS Tularosa (AOG-43) was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater
  • Decommissioned, 23 April 1946
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 21 May 1946
  • Transferred to the Maritime Commission, 28 August 1946, for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay, Benecia, CA.
  • Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 7 January 1964, to National Metals & Steel Corp. (PD-X-695 dated 3 January 1964) for $16,500.00, withdrawn from the Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet and delivered to National Metal & Steel Co., 23 January 194.
    Specifications:
    Displacement 2,270 t.(fl)
    Length 220' 6"
    Beam 37'
    Draft 13' 1"
    Speed 10 kts.
    Complement
    Officers 6
    Enlisted 56
    Largest Boom Capacity 4 t.
    Armament
    one single 3"/50 cal dual purpose gun mount
    two single 40mm AA gun mounts
    three single 20mm AA gun mounts
    Cargo Capacity 1,365 DWT
    Oil 12,100 Bbls
    Fuel Capacity Diesel 2,240 Bbls
    Propulsion
    Fairbanks-Morse 37E16 direct drive Diesel engine
    Ship's Service Generators
     one Diesel-drive 40Kw 120V D.C.
     two Diesel-drive 75Kw 120V D.C.
    single propeller, 800shp
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    Tularosa 230k USS Tularosa (AOG-43) underway, date and location unknown.
    US Navy photo from the collections of the US Navy Memorial    		 Stan Svec
    USS Tularosa (AOG-43)
    Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)
    Commanding Officers
    01LTjg. Stagner, Rex Montgomery, USN10 January 1945 - 23 April 1946
    Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler and Ron Reeves
    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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    Last Updated 9 December 2016