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USS Calamus (AOG-25)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Hotel - Uniform - Juliet NHUJ

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)

USS Calamus was manned by the US Coast Guard during World War II

Mettawee Class Gasoline Tanker:

Laid down, date unknown, as a Maritime Commission type (T1-M-A2) tanker hull, under Maritime Commission (MC hull 1522) contract at East Coast Shipyards Inc., Bayonne, N.J.

Launched, 4 May 1944

Commissioned, USS Calamus (AOG-25), 7 July 1944, LT. William Hord, USCG, in command

During World War II USS Calamus was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaign:

Campaign and Dates
Asiatic-Pacific Campaign
Okinawa Gunto operation Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 7 April to 30 june 1945

Following World War II USS Calamus was assigned to Occupation service in the Far East from 2 September 1945 to 30 January 1946

While at Okinawa Calamus was beached as a result of Typhoon Louise, 9 October 1945, re-floated 24 October 1945, repaired and returned to service

Decommissioned, 15 May 1946, at San Francisco, CA.

Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown

USS Calamus earned one battle star for service in World War II

Transferred to the Maritime Commission, 4 September 1946, for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay, Benecia, CA.

Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 7 February 1964, to National Metal and Steel Corp. for $13,560.55 (PD-X-657)

Specifications:
Displacement 845 t.(lt), 2,270 t.(fl)
Length 220' 6"
Beam 37'
Draft 13' 11"
Speed 10 kts.

Complement

Officers 8

Enlisted 54

Armament

one single 3"/50 cal dual purpose gun mount

two single 40mm AA gun mounts

three single 20mm AA gun mounts

Largest Boom Capacity 4 t.

Cargo Capacity 1,365 DWT

Oil 12,100 Bbls

Fuel Capacity

Diesel 200 Bbls

Propulsion

Fairbanks-Morse Diesel 37E16 direct drive
Ship's Service Generators
one Diesel-drive 40Kw 120V D.C.
two Diesel-drive 75Kw 120V D.C.

single propeller, 800shp

Size	Image Description	Contributed By
243k	Starboard aerial view of *USS Calamus* (AOG-25) underway off Norfolk VA., 17 September 1944. Photo taken by an aircraft assigned to NAS Norfolk. Calamus** is in camouflage MS32/8AO and the vertical colors are dull black, ocean gray and light gray. US National Archives, Photo # 80-G-280801, a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives.	Mike Green
61k	*USS Calamus* (AOG-25)** underway off San Francisco, CA., circa March 1946. US Naval History and Heritage Command Photo # NH 78644, courtesy of Donald M. McPherson, 1974.	US Naval History and Heritage Command
129k	*USS Calamus* (AOG-25) blown aground by Typhoon Louise at Naha, Okinawa, 12 October 1945. Unlike her sisters USS Sheepscot (AOG-24) and USS Sacandaga (AOG-40), which were destroyed in place after being wrecked in typhoons, Calamus** was refloated within about three weeks and fully repaired. Photo courtesy Shipscribe.com	Mike Green

USS Calamus (AOG-25)
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)

Commanding Officers
01	LT. Hord, William, USCG	7 July 1944 - 1 June 1945
02	LT. Robinson, Gerald Roger, USCG	1 June 1945 - 19 November 1945
02	LT. Bigler, John E. USCG	19 November 1945 - 1946
03	ENS. Johansan, Julian Elliott USCG :RADM	1946 - 15 May 1946


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