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Tongue River / Pasquotank
T1-M-A1
Mettawee Class Gasoline Tanker:
USS Pasquatank (AOG-18) underway in September 1943 just after completion of conversion for naval service.
( US Navy Photo )
USS Pasquatank (AOG-18), underway, date and location unknown.
( US Naval History and Heritage Command Photo )
Tongue River / Pasquotank, T1-M-A1
Built by East Coast Shipyards Inc., Bayonne, New Jersey. Yardnumber 2. USMC Nr. 900.
Keel laid 13-08-1942. Launched 28-11-1942. Completed 15-04-1943.
Official nr. AOG-18. 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. 6116244.
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: NCJO. Complement 62.
Armament, one single 3"/50 dual purpose gun mount, two 40mm guns, three single 20mm gun mounts.
History:
Laid down, as TONGUE RIVER (YOG-48), a Maritime Commission type (T1-M-A2) tanker hull, 13 August 1942, under a Maritime Commission contract, at East Coast Shipyard Inc., Bayonne, NJ.
Launched as TONGUE RIVER.
Reclassified, (AOG-18), 25 March 1943;
Commissioned USS PASQUOTANK (AOG-18), 26 August 1943;
Decommissioned, 27 March 1946;
Struck from the Naval Register, 1946;
Transferred to the Maritime Commission, for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet;
Final Disposition, served as SS TONGUE RIVER, for Unites States of America ( Dept. of Commerce ), until scrapped in 1964.
CASUALTY REPORTS.
Reported TONGUE RIVER sold to shipbreakers in USA. Arrived National Metals & Steel Corporation, Terminal Islands 22 january, 1964 to be broken up.
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Pasquotank
An Indian word meaning divided tidal river county in northeast North Carolina bounded on one side by a river of the same name AOG 18 dp 2,225 1 220 6 b 37 dr 13 s 10 k cpl 62 a 1 3 2 40mm cl Mettawee T Tí M A1 Pasquotank AOG 18 was laid down as SS Tongue River MC hull 900 on 13 August 1942 by East Coast Shipyard Inc Bayonne NJ launched 28 November 1942 originally classified as YOG 48 she was reclassified AOG 18 25 March 1943 and named Pasquotank the same day acquired by the Navy 15 April 1943 and commissioned 26 August 1943 Lt Alford B Norris USNR in command After shakedown Pasquotank sailed from New York Harbor in convoy for Aruba Netherlands West Indies where she loaded fuel oil and proceeded via the Panama Canal to Bora Bora Society Islands in the South Pacific She arrived Bora Bora 3 December 1943 and from there through February 1944 she traveled extensively in the Fiji New Hebrides and Solomon Islands carrying aviation gas and diesel fuel She unloaded fuel for Marine air groups at perimeter strips in the Torokina area during March while they were under siege by the Japanese In May she set up a shuttle service for the Air Force which was conducting raids against Truk Rabaul and Kavieng from Green and Treasury Islands Through July she operated in the New Guinea area and in August began a seven month stint as station tanker at Seeadler Harbor in the Admiralties servicing escort carriers and cruisers Pasquotank was detached from this assignment 20 March 1945 and sailed for Leyte At Leyte she operated from San Pedro Bay into August servicing small craft and was at Manus on V J Day During September she fueled transports in Hollandia Bay and returned to San Pedro Bay for shuttle service into November She then returned to San Francisco in late December and decommissioned 27 March 1946 Pasquotank was struck from the Naval Vessel Register 21 May 1946 transferred to the Maritime Commission 1 July 1946 and served as SS Tongue River until scrapped in 1964.
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