Allied Warships

USS Mattaponi (AO 41)

Oiler of the Mattaponi class

Navy	The US Navy
Type	Oiler
Class	Mattaponi
Pennant	AO 41
Built by	Sun Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. (Chester, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.)
Ordered
Laid down	9 Sep 1941
Launched	17 Jan 1942
Commissioned	11 May 1942
End service
History	Decommissioned on 17 April 1950 Recommissioned on 28 December 1950 Decommissioned on 12 October 1954 Recommissioned on 12 December 1958 Decommissioned on 1 February 1959 Recommissioned on 30 November 1961 Decommissioned at an unknown date Stricken in October 1970 Scrapped in 1972

Commands listed for USS Mattaponi (AO 41)

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	Commander	From	To
1	Cdr. Martin Joseph Gillan, Jr., USN	11 May 1942	1 Mar 1943 (1)
2	T/Cdr. Morgan Coit Barrett, USN	1 Mar 1943	15 May 1944
3	Cdr. Vincent James Banks, USNR	15 May 1944	7 Jul 1945
4	Lt.Cdr. Joseph Mendoza Castro, USNR	7 Jul 1945	15 Jan 1946

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Sources

http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/m6/mattaponi.htm

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