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Chehalis
T1-MT-M1
Patapsco Class Gasoline Tanker:
Laid down, 23 November 1944, as a Maritime Commission type (T1-MT-M1) tanker hull, under a
Maritime Commission contract, at Cargill, Inc., Savage, MN.
Launched, 15 April 1944
Commissioned USS Chehalis (AOG-48), 5 December 1944
Final Disposition, lost by explosion, with the lose of 6 lives, at Tutuila, American Somoa, 7 October 1949
Struck from the Naval Register, 27 October 1949
( 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 Capacity 2,120 DWT
Propulsion Propulsion, four 980 hp GE diesel engines, electric drive, twin shafts, 3,300shp

View the Chehalis (AOG-48)
DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center web site

 USS Chehalis (AOG-48) at anchor, date and place unknown. Chehalis is wearing Camouflage
Measure 32 Design 3D in this circa 1944 photo.
USS Chehalis (AOG-48) underway, date and place unknown.