Name USS Quastinet Commissioned 6 November 1944 Struck 21 May 1946 Launched 24 September 1944 | Laid down 2 August 1944 Decommissioned 16 April 1946 Construction started 2 August 1944 Length 67 m | |
Builder East Coast Shipyard, Inc., Bayonne, New Jersey | ||
USS Quastinet (AOG-39) was a Mettawee-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.
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Quastinet was named by the U.S. Navy after Quastinet, a river in Massachusetts.
Construction
Quastinet, sponsored by Mrs. E.S. Chappelear, was laid down 2 August 1944 as MC hull 1802 by East Coast Shipyard, Inc., Bayonne, New Jersey. Constructed and converted concurrently, the vessel was launched on 24 September 1944. Acquired by the Navy from the Maritime Commission on 28 October 1944, the ship was commissioned on 6 November 1944, Lt. Lawrence A. Snider in command.
East Coast operations
Following shakedown, Quastinet reported for duty to Commander, Service Force, Atlantic, 28 January 1945.
Decommissioning
Following assignment to the 12th Naval District, Quastinet was decommissioned 16 April 1946 and struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 21 May. She was transferred to the Maritime Commission on 9 September 1946.