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Calamus
T1-M-A2
Mattawee Class Gasoline Tanker:
 
 USS Calamus (AOG-25) underway off Norfolk VA., 17 September 1944. Photo taken by an aircraft assigned to NAS Norfolk.
Calamus is in camouflage MS32/8AO and the vertical colors are dull black, ocean gray and light gray.
( Photo thanks to Mike Green )
 USS Calamus (AOG-25) underway off San Francisco, CA., circa March 1946.
 
USS Calamus (AOG-25) blown aground by Typhoon Louise at Naha, Okinawa, 12 October 1945. Unlike her sisters USS Sheepscot
(AOG-24) and USS Sacandaga (AOG-40), which were destroyed in place after being wrecked in typhoons,
Calamus was refloated within about three weeks and fully repaired

CALAMUS, T1-M-A2
Built by East Coast Shipyards Inc., Bayonne, New Jersey.  Yardnumber 7. USMC Nr. 1522.
Keel laid 14-03-1944. Launched 04-05-1944. Completed 11-07-1944.
Gr. 1220 t., Net. 856 t., Dw. 1475 t.  
L.o.a. 68,68 m., Br. 11,39 m., Dr. 4,06 m. Lloyds Register (IMO) or ID nr. 6117640.
Engine: 5 cyl 2SA 405 x 520 oil engine, manufactured by Fairbanks, Morse & Company, Beloit, Wisconsin. 790 B.h.p., 589 kW.
Speed 10 knots. 12 Tanks. Derrick: 1 x 3 t. Call sign: NHUJ.  
History:
1943 - Laid down, as CALAMUS, 14 March 1944, as a Maritime Commission type (T1-M-A2) tanker hull, under Maritime Commission (MC hull 1522) contract at East Coast Shipyards Inc., Bayonne, N.J.
1944 - CALAMUS (AOG-25) Commissioned, 11 July 1944.
1946 - CALAMUS (AOG-25) Decommissioned, 15 May 1946, at San Francisco, CA..
1946 - CALAMUS (AOG-25) Struck from the Naval Register, 9 April 1946.
1946 - CALAMUS Transferred to the Maritime Commission, 4 September 1946, for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay, Benecia, CA.
1964 - CALAMUS sold for scrapping,
CASUALTY REPORTS.
Reported CALAMUS (AOG-25) While at Okinawa was beached as a result of Typhoon Louise, 9 October 1945, re-floated 24 October 1945, repaired and returned to service.
Reported CALAMUS. Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 7 February 1964, to National Metal and Steel Corp. for $13,560.55 (PD-X-657).

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