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Conasauga (AOG-15): 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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M/V New York Socony

Shown around the time of her delivery in January 1932.
This ship became USS Conasauga (AOG-15) in 1943.

Photo No. None
Source: Marine Engineering and Shipping Age, March 1932, page 104.


 
M/V New York Socony

A retouched image of the ship taken from a March 1932 advertisement from the firm that supplied many of the electric motors on the ship.
Compared to USS Guyandot (AOG-16), this tanker had a smaller bridge structure that did not reach the sides of the hull.

Photo No. None
Source: Marine Engineering and Shipping Age, March 1932, page 24.


 
M/V New York Socony

Inboard profile and deck plan of the ship as designed and built in 1931-1932.
Note the absence from this plan of any exhaust system for the main propulsion diesel engines.

Photo No. None
Source: Marine Engineering and Shipping Age, March 1932, page 106.