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Photo # NH 75821:  SS Norman O. Pedrick leaving her builder's yard, 15 February 1944. The next day she became USS Stag (IX-128, later AW-1)

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USS Stag (AW-1, formerly IX-128), 1944-1946.
Originally, and later, S.S. Norman O. Pedrick ("Liberty" type Tanker, 1944-1970)

USS Stag, a 14,350-ton (displacement) water distilling ship, was completed in early 1944 as the S.S. Norman O. Pedrick, a 7218 gross ton "Liberty" ship tanker. In mid-February she was transferred to the Navy and placed in commission as USS Stag (IX-128). During March-August 1944, she was converted to a water distilling ship at Tampa, Florida, being redesignated AW-1 in the process. Following sea trials and shakedown, she steamed to the south Pacific, arriving in mid-October. For the next month Stag supplied fresh water to ships at Humboldt Bay, New Guinea, then moved to the Philippines, where she served until May 1945. From mid-May into July she was stationed at Morotai, then returned to the Philippines, where she remained until late in 1945. Stag returned to the U.S. in early 1946, arriving at Norfolk, Virginia, late in February. She was decommissioned there at the end of April and turned over to Maritime Commission in May 1946 to be placed in reserve. While laid up in the James River, Virginia, she resumed her original name, Norman O. Pedrick. The ship saw no further active service and in July 1970 was sold for scrapping in Spain.

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Photo #: NH 75821

S.S. Norman O. Pedrick
(American "Liberty" Tanker, 1944)

Steams away from her builder's yard upon completion, 15 February 1944.
Constructed by the Delta Shipbuilding Company, New Orleans, Louisiana, this ship was delivered to the Navy on the following day and placed in commission as USS Stag (IX-168). She was converted to a water distilling ship during March-August 1944 and redesignated AW-1.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 129KB; 740 x 610 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 85469

USS Stag
(AW-1, formerly IX-128))

Photographed circa mid-1944, probably upon completion of conversion to a water distilling ship.
She is painted in Camouflage Measure 32, Design 11F. The medium tones of this pattern are only faintly visible on the ship's forward and midships hull sides.

Courtesy of Donald M. McPherson, 1977.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 55KB; 740 x 530 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 91148

USS Stag
(AW-1, formerly IX-128))

In port, circa mid-1944, probably upon completion of conversion to a water distilling ship.
She is painted in Camouflage Measure 32, Design 11F.
An escort ship (DE) is partially visible in the foreground.

Courtesy of William H. Davis, 1980.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 103KB; 740 x 575 pixels

 


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