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Nemasket
T1-MT-M1
Patapsco Class Gasoline Tanker:
Laid down, 6 October 1942, as a Maritime Commission type (T1-MT-M1) tanker hull, under a Maritime
Commission contract at Cargill Inc., Savage, MN.
Launched, 20 October 1943
Commissioned USS Nemasket (AOG-10), 16 June 1944
Decommissioned, 22 September 1959
Transferred to the Maritime Administration for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet,
Suisun Bay, Benecia, CA.
Struck from the Naval Register, 1 July 1960
Final Disposition, scrapped in 1961
( See photos below )
Specifications:
Displacement 1,850 t.(lt) 4,130 t.(fl)
Length 310' 9"
Beam 48' 6"
Draft 15' 8"
Speed 15.5kts.
Complement 131
Armament four 3"/50 dual purpose guns, twelve 20mm guns
Cargo DWT 2,210
Propulsion four GE diesel electric engines, twin shafts, 3,300hp
View the Nemasket (AOG-10)
DANFS history located at the US Naval Historical Center web site
Model of the USS Nemasket (AOG-10).
USS Nemasket (AOG-10) at the Standard Oil dock at Shanghai, China, circa late 1945.
USS Nemasket was the first ship to tie up to that pier since the Japanese occupation in 1937.
USS Nemasket (AOG-10)'s moored on the Whangpoo River, Shanghai, China in 1945.
Bow on view Nemasket (AOG-10) departing Mare Island, 9 October 1946. Nemasket was under going
repair at the yard from 16 July to 16 Oct 1946.
( Mare Island Naval Shipyard photo )
Stern view of Nemasket (AOG-10) departing Mare Island, 9 October 1946.
( Mare Island Naval Shipyard photo )
Aft plan view of Nemasket (AOG-10) at Mare Island, 15 October 1946, moored outboard
of the USS Fieberling (DE 640).
( Mare Island Naval Shipyard photo )