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Maquoketa
T1-MT-M1
Patapsco Class Gasoline Tanker:
Laid down, 14 January 1944, as a Maritime Commission type (T1-MT-M1) tanker hull, under a Maritime ommission
contract, at Cargill, Inc., Savage, MN.;
Launched, 12 August 1944;
Commissioned USS Maquoketa (AOG-51), 27 February 1945;
Decommissioned, 21 February 1947;
Struck from the Naval Register, 12 March 1958;
Transferred to the Maritime Commission for lay up in National Defense Reserve Fleet;
Reacquired and assigned to MSTS in 1952;
Placed in service as USNS Maquoketa (T-AOG-51), 1 March 1952;
Placed out of service, 18 May 1954; Laid up in the Reserve Fleet;
Placed in service with MSTS, 30 April 1957;
Placed out of service, 9 October 1957;
Laid up in the Reserve Fleet;
Struck from the Naval Register, (date unknown);
Transferred to the Maritime Commission for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet;
Final Disposition, fate unknown.
( See photos below )
Specifications:
Displacement 1,846 t.(lt), 4,130 t.(fl);
Length 310' 9";
Beam 48' 6";
Draft 15' 8";
Speed 14kts;
Complement 131;
Armament, four 3"/50 gun mounts. 12 20mm gun mounts;
Cargo DWT 2,120;
Propulsion, four 980 hp GE diesel engines, electric drive, twin shafts, 3,300shp.
USS Maquoketa (AOG-51) underway, date and place unknown.
USS Maquoketa (AOG-51) underway, date and place unknown.
USS Maquoketa (AOG-51) underway, date and place unknown.