Pinnebog at anchor off Tuktoyaktuk, Canada, circa 1973
History
United States
NameUSS Pinnebog
NamesakePinnebog River in Michigan
OrderedAs a type T1-MT-M1 tanker hull
BuilderCargill, Inc., Savage, Minnesota
Laid down9 December 1944
Launched12 May 1945
Commissioned20 October 1945
Decommissioned2 May 1949
NameUSNS Pinnebog (T-AOG-58)
RecommissionedMarch 1952
DecommissionedJuly 1954
Recommissioned23 April 1956
DecommissionedSeptember 1957
IdentificationIMO number: 8332887
FateScrapped 18 April 1988
General characteristics
Class and typePatapsco-class gasoline tanker
Tonnage2,120 long tons deadweight (DWT)
Displacement
  • 1,846 long tons (1,876 t) light
  • 4,130 long tons (4,196 t) full load
Length310 ft 9 in (94.72 m)
Beam48 ft 6 in (14.78 m)
Draft15 ft 8 in (4.78 m)
Propulsion4 × General Electric diesel engines, electric drive, twin shafts, 3,300 hp (2,461 kW)
Speed14 knots (16 mph; 26 km/h)
Complement131
Armament

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.


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