Allied Warships

USS Ponaganset (AO 86)

Oiler of the Escambia class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeOiler
ClassEscambia 
PennantAO 86 
Built byMarinship Corp. (Sausalito, California, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down27 Apr 1943 
Launched10 Jul 1943 
Commissioned15 May 1944 
End service26 Apr 1946 
History

Decommissioned on 26 April 1946
Stricken on 23 April 1947
Sold to be broken up for scrap on 7 January 1949

 

Commands listed for USS Ponaganset (AO 86)

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1Cdr. John Richard Sanford, Jr., USNR15 May 1944 (1)

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