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Chestatee
T1-MT-M1
Patapsco Class Gasoline Tanker:
Laid down, (date unknown), as a Maritime Commission type (T1-MT-M1) tanker hull, under a
Maritime Commission contract, at Cargill, Inc., Savage, MN.;
Launched, 29 April 1944;
Commissioned USS Chestatee (AOG-49), 14 December 1944;
Decommissioned, 8 April 1946;
Struck from the Naval Register, (date unknown);
Transferred to the Maritime Commission for lay up in National Defense Reserve Fleet;
Reacquired, August 1948; laid up in the Reserve Fleet;
Placed in service with MSTS as USNS Chestatee (T-AOG-49), March 1952;
Placed out of service, May 1954;
Laid up in the Reserve Fleet;
Placed in service, with MSTS as USNS Chestatee (T-AOG-49), April 1956;
Placed out of service, September 1957 and loaned to the US Air Force;
Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown);
Final Disposition, sold for scrapping in 1963.
( See photo 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 Chestatee (AOG-49)
DANFS history entry located on the Haze Gray & Underway Web Site.
USS Chestatee (AOG-49) underway, date and place unknown.