Fredericksburg in Gillespie County, Texas — The American South (West South Central)

U.S.S. Mattaponi (AO-41)

"30 Year Veteran Auxiliary Oiler"

Photographed By James Hulse, April 27, 2022

1. U.S.S. Mattaponi (AO-41) Marker

Inscription. Dedicated to all
who served aboard the "Mattie"

U.S.S. Mattaponi (AO-41)
"30 Year Veteran Auxiliary Oiler"

Commissioned 1942 - Final Decommission 1972

• World War II • Korean War • Vietnam War •

American Campaign Medal
European-African-Middle East Campaign Medal
Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal
China Service Medal
Navy Occupation Service Medal
Korean Service Medal
Vietnam Service Medal

Presented by the USS Mattaponi Association
1998

Erected 1998 by National Museum of the Pacific War and USS Mattaponi Association.

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: War, Korean • War, Vietnam • War, World II.

Location. 30° 16.347′ N, 98° 52.031′ W. Marker is in Fredericksburg, Texas, in Gillespie County. Memorial is at the intersection of East Austin Street and North Washington Street on East Austin Street. The marker is located in the central section of the WWII Veterans Memorial Courtyard which is a part of the National Museum of the Pacific War. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 311 East Austin Street, Fredericksburg TX 78624, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker

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. In Memory of Our Fallen Comrades (here, next to this marker); "Lefty's Wolfpack" (here, next to this marker); The Shinyo Maru (here, next to this marker); The U.S.S. Samuel B. Roberts (DE-413) (here, next to this marker); U.S.S. Natoma Bay (CVE-62) (here, next to this marker); U.S.S. Bisbee (PF46) (here, next to this marker); U.S.S. Trenton (CL-11) (here, next to this marker); U.S.S. Jamestown (AGP-3) (here, next to this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Fredericksburg.

Also see . . . USS Mattaponi (AO-41). Wikipedia

Mattaponi spent almost all of World War II in the Atlantic and Mediterranean theaters. From her commissioning until December 1942 she carried fuel from the Texas oil ports to the U.S. Navy's fuel storage depots at Craney Island, Yorktown, Newport, Boston, and Casco Bay. On 12 December she departed New York Harbor for the first of 21 wartime transatlantic convoys. Often she carried, in addition to her cargo fuels, landing craft, aircraft, provisions, mail, medical supplies, and passengers. Her medical complement as well as her engineers and mechanics were often called on, at sea and in port, to remedy malfunctions, human and mechanical, on board other ships.

(Submitted on October 31, 2022, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas.)

The U.S.S. Mattaponi (AO-41) marker is the fifth marker from the left side image. Click for full size.

Photographed By James Hulse, April 27, 2022

2. The U.S.S. Mattaponi (AO-41) marker is the fifth marker from the left side

Additional keywords. U.S.S. Mattaponi (AO-41)

U.S.S. Mattaponi (AO-41) image. Click for full size.

Public Domain - PHCM W. Cox, U.S. Navy, December 18, 1968

3. U.S.S. Mattaponi (AO-41)

The U.S. Navy fleet oiler USS Mattaponi (AO-41) underway near the aircraft carrier USS Hornet (CVS-12) in the Gulf of Tonkin, 18 December 1968. Mattaponi is departing after refueling the guided missile destroyer USS Parsons (DDG-33), visible in the background.

Credits. This page was last revised on October 31, 2022. It was originally submitted on October 31, 2022, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas. This page has been viewed 189 times since then and 33 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on October 31, 2022, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas.