Allied Warships

USS Winooski (AO 38)

Oiler of the Kennebec class

Navy	The US Navy
Type	Oiler
Class	Kennebec
Pennant	AO 38
Built by	Bethlehem Steel Corp. (Sparrows Point, Maryland, U.S.A.)
Ordered
Laid down	23 Apr 1941
Launched	12 Nov 1941
Commissioned	27 Jan 1942
End service	30 Apr 1946
History	Acquired by the USN on 5 January 1942 Commissioned as USS Winooski (AO-38) on 27 January 1942 Decommissioned on 30 April 1946 Stricken on 8 October 1946 Sold into merchantile service in 1947 Scrapped in September 1965 Hit by U-boat Damaged on 11 Nov 1942 by U-173 (Schweichel).
U-boat Attack	See our U-boat attack entry for the USS Winooski

Commands listed for USS Winooski (AO 38)

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	Commander	From	To
1	Cdr. Walter Charles Ansel, USN	27 Jan 1942	Jul 42 ? (1)
2	Lt.Cdr. John Edwin Murphy, USN	Jul 42 ?	3 Apr 1943
3	John Paul Barker Barrett, USN	3 Apr 1943	21 Mar 1944
4	Lt.Cdr. Thomas B. Christenson, USNR	21 Mar 1944	30 Apr 1946

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Sources

http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/w10/winooski-ii.htm

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