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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
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    Guyandot
    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
    Guyandot
    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
    Guyandot
    09201606    		 167k 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. US Navy photo courtesy Shipscribe.com.    		 Robert Hurst
    USS Guyandot
    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
    Guyandot 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
    Guyandot 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
    01LT. Crockett, Robert Reese, USNR17 April 1943 - 6 June 1944
    02LT. Adams Jr., Norman Otto Wilhelm, USNR6 June 1944 - 12 January 1945
    Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler and Ron Reeves
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
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    MARAD Vessel History Database
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