USS Aroostook (AOG-14)
Aroostook in 1943
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History | |
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United States | |
Ordered | as tank barge Esso Delivery No.11 |
Laid down | date unknown |
Launched | 8 December 1937 |
Acquired | 1 April 1943 |
Commissioned | 18 April 1943 |
Decommissioned | 18 January 1945 |
Stricken | date unknown |
Fate | Scrapped, 1953 |
General characteristics | |
Displacement | 1,707 tons |
Length | 260 ft 6 in (79.40 m) |
Beam | 43 ft 6 in (13.26 m) |
Draught | 15 ft 11 in (4.85 m) |
Propulsion | diesel-electric , single propeller |
Speed | 10.5 knots |
Armament | one single gun mount, four 20 mm guns |
USS Aroostook (AOG-14) was a
The third ship to be named Aroostook by the Navy, AOG-14 was originally built at
Acquired by the Navy from the
World War II service
Getting underway for Norfolk, Virginia, on the 21st, Aroostook tarried there only briefly before sailing on 28 April to join United States Naval Forces, Northwest African Waters. Proceeding via Bermuda and Gibraltar, she reached Oran, Tunisia, one month later to commence operations in that theater.
For the rest of her career under the American flag the gasoline tanker operated in the
Under attack by the Luftwaffe
Only once during the entire period did she come in contact with the enemy. While she lay at Bari, Italy, on 2 December 1943, the German Luftwaffe raided that port. The ship sustained concussion and shrapnel damage when an ammunition ship exploded nearby, but she suffered no casualties among her men.
Decommissioning
Decommissioned on 18 January 1945 at
References
- This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.