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Pinnebog
T1-MT-M1
Patapsco Class Gasoline Tanker:
Laid down, 29 December 1944, as a Maritime Commission type (T1-MT-M1) tanker hull, under a Maritime
Commission contract, at Cargill, Inc., Savage, MN.
Launched, 12 May 1945
Commissioned USS Pinnebog (AOG-58), 20 October 1945
Decommissioned, 2 May 1949
Laid up in the Reserve Fleet Placed in service by the Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS) as
USNS Pinnebog (T-AOG-58), March 1952
Placed out of service in July 1954 and loaded to the US Air Force to provide support services to vessels engaged
in the support DEW line sites along the western Canadian Arctic USAF and Canadian DEW Line Support Service
Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown) Custody transferred to the Maritime Commission, 15 December 1987
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 14 kts.
Complement 131
Armament four 3"/50 gun mounts. 12 20mm gun mounts; Cargo DWT 2,120
Propulsion Propulsion, four 980 hp GE diesel engines, electric drive, twin shafts, 3,300shp.
View the Pinnebog (AOG-58)
DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center web site
USS Pinnebog (AOG-58) riding at anchored in Tuktoyaktuk harbor, Canada, circa June to October
1972 or 1973.
USS Pinnebog (AOG-58) in the docking basin of ARD-31 at Tuktoyaktuk harbor, circa June to
October 1972 or 1973.
USS Pinnebog (AOG-58) on the blocks in the docking basin of ARD-31 at Tuktoyaktuk harbor,
circa June to October 1972 or 1973.