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U.S.S. MATTABESSET
(AOG-52)THE FUELING LADY
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AOG-52 Deployments - Major Events
| Add a AOG-52 Shellback Initiation | Add a AOG-52 Deployment - Major Event | ||||
| Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JUL | 1944 | - | Keel Date: 6 JUL 1944 at Cargill Inc. Savage Minnesota | ||
| NOV | 1944 | - | Launch Date: 11 NOV 1944 | ||
| JUN | 1945 | - | Commissioned: 16 JUN 1945 | ||
| NOV | 1954 | - | DEC | 1955 | Mediterranean |
| NOV | 1955 | - | NOV | 1956 | Mediterranean |
| JAN | 1956 | - | JUN | 1956 | Mediterranean |
| JAN | 1956 | - | JAN | 1957 | Mediterranean-Lebanon |
| JAN | 1958 | - | JAN | 1959 | Mediterranean |
| APR | 1961 | - | JUN | 1961 | Escorted Submarine Floating Drydock to Holy Loch, Scotland |
| SEP | 1961 | - | OCT | 1961 | Mediterranean-West Africa |
| SEP | 1961 | - | DEC | 1961 | Solant Amity III-West Africa-UN Support for Congo Crisis |
| SEP | 1961 | - | DEC | 1961 | Solant Amity III-West Africa-UN Support for Congo Crisis |
| OCT | 1961 | - | Shellback Initiation - 14 OCT 1961 - Atlantic Ocean | ||
| OCT | 1964 | - | MAR | 1965 | Mediterranean |
| JUN | 1965 | - | AUG | 1965 | North Atlantic |
| JUL | 1965 | - | SEP | 1965 | North Atlantic |
| AUG | 1965 | - | Shellback Initiation - 24 AUG 1965 - Atlantic Ocean | ||
| MAR | 1966 | - | AUG | 1966 | Mediterranean |
| JAN | 1967 | - | JUL | 1967 | Mediterranean |
| MAR | 1967 | - | AUG | 1967 | USS Liberty incedent |
| MAR | 1968 | - | AUG | 1968 | Mediterranean |
| OCT | 1968 | - | OCT | 1968 | Decommisioning |
AOG-52 General Specifications
Class: Patapsco-class gasoline tanker
Complement: 131 Officers and Enlisted
Displacement: 1846 tons
Length: 310 feet 9 inches
Beam: 48 feet 6 inches
Draft: 15 feet 8 in
Final Disposition: Disposed of by scrapping26 June 1969