USS Elkhorn (AOG-7)
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 United States
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| Name: | USS Elkhorn |
| Ordered: | as T1-MT-M1 tanker hull |
| Launched: | 15 May 1943 |
| Commissioned: | 12 February 1944 |
| Decommissioned: | 1 July 1972 |
| Struck: | 15 April 1976 |
| Fate: | Sold to Taiwan |
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 Taiwan
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| Name: | ROCS Hsing Lung (AOG-517) |
| Acquired: | 1972 |
| Reclassified: | AOG-515 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Patapsco-class gasoline tanker |
| 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-electric engines, twin shafts, 3,300 hp (2,461 kW) |
| Speed: | 15 knots (17 mph; 28 km/h) |
| Capacity: | 2,210 long tons deadweight (DWT) |
| Complement: | 131 |
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| Service record | |
| Part of: | US Pacific Fleet |
| Operations: | World War II, Korean War, Vietnam War |
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USS Elkhorn (AOG-7) 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.
Elkhorn had the distinction of serving in World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War, and returned home proudly with battle and campaign stars to her credit.
Elkhorn was launched 15 May 1943 by Cargill Inc., Savage, Minnesota; sponsored by Mrs. J. A. Flynn; and commissioned 12 February 1944, Lieutenant (junior grade) T. A. Norris, USNR, in command.
Elkhorn sailed from New Orleans, Louisiana, 25 February 1944 for the South Pacific Ocean, and arrived at Milne Bay, New Guinea, 29 May for duty as station tanker. She made several voyages to Manus to reload and fueled ships in the invasion of Morotai in September 1944, otherwise serving at Milne Bay until March 1945 when she arrived at Leyte. Elkhorn served throughout the Philippines until 1 December, then returned to the U.S.West Coast for overhaul.
Elkhorn remained on active service with the US Pacific Fleet through 1962. From her base at Pearl Harbor she alternated tours of duty in the Far East with cruises among the islands of the South and central Pacific. During the Korean war she operated in Japanese waters and off the Korean coast twice, in 1951 and 1953, and in 1956 and 1957 she sailed from the west coast to Icy Cape and Point Barrow as a part of the Arctic resupply missions.
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