Mettawee (AOG-17) Class: Photographs
| These photographs were selected to show the original configuration of this class and major subsequent modifications. For more views see the former NHHC (now Hyperwar) Online Library of Selected Images and the NavSource Photo Archive. |
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USS Bullwheel (YO-46) Alongside SS Baranof at Kodiak, Alaska, on 4 May 1943. This large service craft and her three sisters were the basis of the Maritime Commission's design for the Mettawee (AOG-17) and Sakatonchee (AOG-19) classes, which were also initially classified as service craft (YOG). Baranof, a merchant ship under allocation to the Army, was originally a sister to USS Canopus (AS-9). Photo No. 80-G-79700 Source: U.S. National Archives, RG-80-G |
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USS Mettawee (AOG-17) Probably photographed in September 1943 just after completion of conversion. The secondary antiaircraft battery consisited of four 20mm guns amidships and two on the bridge. This arrangement was also initially fitted to a few of the ships of the Sakatonchee (AOG-19) class before one or two 40mm singles were added. Photo No. 19-N-51429 Source: U.S. National Archives, RG-19-LCM |
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USS Mettawee (AOG-17) Probably photographed in September 1943 just after completion of conversion. Photo No. 19-N-51430 Source: U.S. National Archives, RG-19-LCM |
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USS Pasquotank (AOG-18) Photographed in September 1943 just after completion of conversion. Photo No. 80-G-81048 Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command |
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