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Nespelen
T1-MT-M1
Patapsco Class Gasoline Tanker:
Laid down, 28 August 1944, as a Maritime Commission type (T1-MT-M1) tanker hull, under a Maritime
Commission contract, at Cargill, Inc., Savage, MN.
Launched, 10 April 1945
Commissioned USS Nespelen (AOG-55), 9 August 1945, at Naval Repair Base, Algiers, LA.
Decommissioned, 1 July 1975, at Navel Amphibious Base Little Creek, Virginia
Laid up in the Reserve Fleet
Struck from the Naval Register, 1 July 1975
Transferred to the Maritime Administration for disposal; sold by MARAD, 24 March 1976
Final Disposition, sold for scrapping to Union Minerals & Alloys in March, 1976
( See photos below )
Specifications:
Displacement 1,850 t.(lt) 4,335 t.(fl)
Length 310' 9"
Beam 48' 6"
Draft 15' 8"
Speed 14 kts.
Complement 124
Armament four 3"/50 dual purpose guns, twelve 20mm guns
Cargo Capacity 2,210 DWT
Propulsion four 980 hp GE diesel engines, electric drive, twin shafts, 3,300shp

View the Nespelen (AOG-55)
DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center web site

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USS Nespelen (AOG-55) underway, circa March 1955.
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USS Nespelen (AOG-55) underway, date and place unknown.
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USS Nespelen (AOG-55) at anchor, Dockyard Creek, Malta in March 1970.
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USS Nespelen (AOG-55) underway in articwaters, date and place unknown.
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USS Nespelen (AOG-55) underway in articwaters, date and place unknown.
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USS Nespelen (AOG-55) underway in articwaters, date and place unknown.
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USS Nespelen (AOG-55) underway, date and place unknown.
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USS Nespelen (AOG-55) underway, date and place unknown.
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"Nespelen" on the builders ways at Cargill, Inc., Savage, MN., prior to launch on 12 April 1945.
( Photo US Navy Bureau of Ships photos )
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Mississippi River Lock No. 15
Tanker "Nespelen" heading downstream from Mississippi River Lock No. 15, 16 July 1945.
( Photo U. S. Engineer office )
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USS Nespelen (AOG-55) underway, date and place unknown.

 Disposal CARDS by PMARS is MARAD's official repository of NDRF ships
of Nespelen

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