Allied Warships

USS Maumee (AO 2)

Oiler of the Kanawha class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeOiler
ClassKanawha 
PennantAO 2 
Built byMare Island Navy Yard (Vallejo, California, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down23 Jul 1914 
Launched17 Apr 1915 
Commissioned20 Oct 1916 
End service5 Nov 1946 
History

Decommissioned on 9 June 1922
Recommissioned on 2 June 1942
Redesignated as miscellaneous auxiliary (AG-124) on 15 July 1945
Decommissioned and transferred under lend lease to Nationalist China being renamed Omei (AO-509) on 5 November 1946
Permanently transferred to Nationalist China on 7 February 1948
Stricken on 12 March 1948
Scrapped in August 1967 at Kaoshiung, Taiwan

 

Commands listed for USS Maumee (AO 2)

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CommanderFromTo
1Lt.Cdr. Rupert Meyrick Zimmerli, USN2 Jun 194223 Jan 1943
2T/Cdr. Cornelius Martin Sullivan, USN23 Jan 194321 Jul 1943
3Lt.Cdr. Charles Andrew Dodge, USNR21 Jul 194331 Jul 1943
4Lt. Hollis Clarence Ballard, USNR31 Jul 19434 Aug 1943
5Lt.Cdr. Charles Andrew Dodge, USNR4 Aug 1943Jun 1944
6Lt.Cdr. Hollis Clarence Ballard, USNRJun 19445 Jun 1945
7Frank Patten Ferrell, USNR5 Jun 194514 Jun 1945
8Lt. Jean Sebastian Brower, USNR14 Jun 19455 Nov 1946

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