USS Chestatee
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Name | USS Chestatee |
Ordered | as T1-MT-M1 tanker hull |
Builder | Cargill Inc., Savage, Minnesota |
Laid down | date unknown |
Launched | 29 April 1944 |
Commissioned | 14 December 1944 |
Decommissioned | 8 April 1946 |
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Out of service | 8 November 1956 |
Stricken | 1 June 1963 |
Fate | Disposed of by scrapping 16 October 1975 |
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Class and type | gasoline tanker |
Tonnage | 2,120 long tons deadweight (DWT) |
Displacement |
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Length | 310 ft 9 in (94.72 m) |
Beam | 48 ft 6 in (14.78 m) |
Draft | 15 ft 8 in (4.78 m) |
Propulsion | 4 × General Electric diesel engines, electric drive, twin shafts, 3,300 hp (2,461 kW) |
Speed | 14 knots (16 mph; 26 km/h) |
Complement | 131 |
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USS Chestatee (AOG-49) was a
History
Chestatee was launched 29 April 1944 by Cargill Inc., Savage, Minnesota; sponsored by Mrs. J. D. Boren; and commissioned 14 December 1944.
World War II
Laden with oil products, Chestatee cleared
On 27 July, while underway for
Repaired at
Military Sea Transportation Service (1952-1956)
Chestatee was returned to the Navy and placed in reserve, out of commission, in August 1948. Reactivated, she was assigned to
United States Air Force (1957-1962)
Withdrawn from the Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet on 2 April 1957, she was lent to the United States Air Force, in September 1957.[2] Chestatee was transferred by the Air Force to the Olympia, Washington (USA), branch of the National Defense Reserve Fleet on 14 September 1962 and was stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 1 June 1963. On 2 June 1971, Chestatee was transferred to the Suisun Bay branch of the National Defense Reserve Fleet due to the closure of the Olympia fleet site.[3]
Chestatee was sold on 16 October 1975 as part of a lot of 7 vessels to the Levin Metals Corporation of San Jose, Ca.[4] She was removed from the Suisun Bay fleet on 16 February 1977[5] and was scrapped shortly afterwards.
Military awards and honors
Her crew was eligible for the following medals:
- American Campaign Medal
- Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal
- World War II Victory Medal
- Philippine Liberation Medal
Individual Awards:
- Purple Heart (27 July 1945 - 5 KIA, 8 WIA)
References
This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
"USS Chestatee (AOG-49) and Asbestos Exposure".
"Gasoline Tanker (AOG) Photo Index".
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- ^ "PMARS is currently down for maintainence [sic]". Archived from the original on 2012-03-04. Retrieved 2010-04-14.
- ^ "PMARS is currently down for maintainence [sic]". Archived from the original on 2012-03-04. Retrieved 2010-04-14.
External links
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