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USS Ammonusuc (AOG-23)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Hotel - Uniform - Bravo NHUB

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)

USS Ammonusuc (AOG-23) was manned by the US Coast Guard during World War II

Mettawee Class Gasoline Tanker:

Laid down, 23 November 1943, as a Maritime Commission type (T1-M-A2) tanker hull, under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 1520), at East Coast Shipyard Inc., Bayonne, N.J

Launched, 25 March 1944

Acquired by the US Navy 18 May 1944

Commissioned USS Ammonusuc (AOG-23), 19 May 1944, LTjg. Lester F. Baker, USCG, in command

During World War II USS Ammonusuc (AOG-23) was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater

Following World War II USS Ammonusuc was assigned to Occupation service in the Far East for the following periods:

Navy Occupation Service Medal
2 September to 2 October 1945
11 December 1945 to 5 January 1946

Decommissioned, 4 June 1946, at New Orleans, LA.

Struck from the Naval Register, 23 April 1947

Transferred to the Maritime Commission, 9 March 1948 for disposal

Merchant Service

Sold in February 1948, to the Texas Co. and refitted for merchant service, renamed MT Providence

Renamed MT Texaco Providence in June 1959

Sold in August 1967, to Reinauer Transportation Companies of Staten Island, N.Y, renamed MT Dean Reinauer

Burned in 1969, declared a total loss

Converted to a barge in 1970 by Caddell's Dry Dock, Staten Island, N.Y. renamed BFT No. 1, assigned to Boston Fuel Transportation, a Reinauer Transportation subsidiary

Later converted by at Norfolk, VA., to carry ship sludge, renamed Mary C.

Final Disposition, acquired by Ecklof Marine Corp. Staten Island, N.Y., and stripped for spare parts before scuttling by explosives, 30 October 1990, on New Jersey's Garden State Reef

Specifications:
Displacement 2,270 t.(fl)
Length 220' 6"
Beam 37'
Draft 13' 1"
Speed 10 kts.

Complement

Officers 8

Enlisted 54

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 diesel engines direct drive
Ship's Service Generators
one Diesel-drive 40Kw 120V D.C.
two Diesel-drive 75Kw 120V D.C.

single propeller, 800shp

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By
USS Ammonusuc (AOG-23)
	120k	*USS Ammonusuc* (AOG-23)** although delivered by her builder and commissioned in May 1944, she did not complete fitting out at the New York Navy Yard and report for shakedown until August 1944. This was one of only a few early ships of this class that had an intermediate armament in which one 40mm single on a tall stand forward was added to the original 1-3" aft and 4-20mm amidships. US National Archives RG-19-LCM photo # 19-N-68216, a US Navy Bureau of Ships photo now in the collections of the US National Archives, courtesy Shipscribe.com.	Mike Green
	283k	*USS Ammonusuc* (AOG-23)** underway, date and location unknown.	Tommy Trampp
	176k	Overhead view of *USS Ammonusuc* (AOG-23)** underway, date and location unknown. US Navy Bureau of Ships photo now in the collections of the US National Archives, courtesy Auke Vissar's Famous T-Tanker Pages	Robert Hurst
	137k	Overhead view of *USS Ammonusuc* (AOG-23)** underway, date and location unknown. US Navy Bureau of Ships photo now in the collections of the US National Archives, courtesy Auke Vissar's Famous T-Tanker Pages	Robert Hurst
	243k	*USS Ammonusuc* (AOG-23)** soon after her return to San Francisco in March, 1946. US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 78152.	Mike Green and Stan Svec
	129k	Decommissioned *USS Ammonusuc* (AOG-23)** drydocked at Gulfport Boiler and Iron Works, Port Arthur TX. circa 1947. Photo from the files of from the files of Gulfport Boiler and Iron Works, Port Arthur, TX.	Jim Swank
Merchant Service Texas Co.
09202307	106k	Ex-*USS Ammonusuc* (AOG-23)** underway as the Texas Company, Wilmington, Delaware, operated motor tanker MT Providence circa 1948-1959, location unknown. Photo by William B. Taylor, courtesy Auke Visser's Famous T-Tankers Pages	Robert Hurst

USS Ammonusuc (AOG-23)
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)

Commanding Officers
01	LTjg. Baker, Lester Francis, USCG	19 May 1944 - 5 June 1946


Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler and Ron Reeves

Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
US Coast Guard Historian's Office - USS Ammonusuc AOG-23
MARAD Vessel History Database

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