USS Pinnebog

Pinnebog at anchor off Tuktoyaktuk, Canada, circa 1973
History
United States
Name	USS Pinnebog
Namesake	Pinnebog River in Michigan
Ordered	As a type T1-MT-M1 tanker hull
Builder	Cargill, Inc., Savage, Minnesota
Laid down	9 December 1944
Launched	12 May 1945
Commissioned	20 October 1945
Decommissioned	2 May 1949
Name	USNS Pinnebog (T-AOG-58)
Recommissioned	March 1952
Decommissioned	July 1954
Recommissioned	23 April 1956
Decommissioned	September 1957
Identification	IMO number: 8332887
Fate	Scrapped 18 April 1988
General characteristics
Class and type	Patapsco-class gasoline tanker
Tonnage	2,120 long tons deadweight (DWT)
Displacement	1,846 long tons (1,876 t) light 4,130 long tons (4,196 t) full load
Length	310 ft 9 in (94.72 m)
Beam	48 ft 6 in (14.78 m)
Draft	15 ft 8 in (4.78 m)
Propulsion	4 × General Electric diesel engines, electric drive, twin shafts, 3,300 hp (2,461 kW)
Speed	14 knots (16 mph; 26 km/h)
Complement	131
Armament	4 × 3"/50 caliber guns 12 × 20 mm AA guns

USS Pinnebog (AOG–58) was a Patapsco-class gasoline tanker acquired by the U.S. Navy for the dangerous task of transporting gasoline to warships in the fleet, and to remote Navy stations.

Pinnebog was laid down, 29 December 1944, as a Maritime Commission type (T1-MT-M1) tanker hull, under a Maritime Commission contract, at Cargill, Inc., Savage, Minnesota. She was launched on 12 May 1945 and commissioned Pinnebog (AOG-58), 20 October 1945.

Service as a U.S. Navy gasoline tanker

After serving with the U.S. Navy for 3½ years as a gasoline tanker, Pinnebog was placed out of commission in reserve 2 May 1949 in the Texas Group, Atlantic Reserve Fleet.

Reactivated, she was assigned to MSTS in March 1952 and operated under contract with a civilian crew until July 1954, when she was again placed in reserve, berthed in Florida. She was transferred to the Maritime Administration 20 April 1956 and to MSTS 23 April 1956.

Loaned to the U.S. Air Force

She was then operated by an MSTS civil service crew until September 1957, when she was loaned to the U.S. Air Force.

Deactivation

Pinnebog was struck from the Naval Register (date unknown) and custody was transferred to the Maritime Commission, 15 December 1987. She was scrapped on 18 April 1988.

References

 This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.

External links

• http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/20/2058.htm NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive AOG-58 Pinnebog