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USS ''Aroostook'' (AOG-14) was a 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. The third ship to be named ''Aroostook'' by the Navy, ''AOG-14'' was originally built at Newport News, Virginia, as the single-screw, steel-hulled, diesel-electric, tank barge ''Esso Delivery No. 11'' by the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co. Launched on 8 December 1937, she was delivered to the Standard Oil Co., of New Jersey, on 8 February 1938 and was homeported at Baltimore, Maryland, over the next few years. Acquired by the Navy from the War Shipping Administration (WSA) on 1 April 1943, ''Esso Delivery No. 11'' - the first all-welded construction tanker owned by Standard Oil - was renamed ''Aroostook'', classified as a gasoline tanker, and designated AOG-14. The ship arrived at the Key Highway plant of Bethlehem Steel Corp., Baltimore, on 3 April 1943 and after conversion for naval service, was commissioned there on 18 April 1943, Lt. Alfred O. Johansen, USNR, in command. == World War II service == Getting underway for Norfolk, Virginia, on the 21st, ''Aroostook'' tarried there only briefly before sailing on 28 April to join United States Naval Forces, Northwest African Waters. Proceeding via Bermuda and Gibraltar, she reached Oran, Tunisia, one month later to commence operations in that theater. For the rest of her career under the American flag the gasoline tanker operated in the Mediterranean basin. Her ports of call included Bari, Isola Santo Stefano, Civitavecchia, Taranto, Piombino, Livorno, Palermo and Naples, Italy, as well as the island of Malta. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「USS Aroostook (AOG-14)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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