USS Patuxent (AO-44)
USS ''Patuxent'' (AO-44) was a in the United States Navy during World War II. She was the second U.S. Navy ship named for the Patuxent River in Maryland. The T2 tanker, type T2-A tanker was laid down under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 159) on 5 March 1942 as SS ''Emmkay'' by the Sun Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. (hull number 228) at Chester, Pennsylvania, for the Keystone Co. She was launched on 25 July 1942, sponsored by Mrs. W. H. Blanchard, acquired by the Navy from the Maritime Commission on 28 September 1942, converted by the Maryland Drydock Company, Baltimore, Maryland, and commissioned on 22 October 1942. Service history 1942–1944 On 12 November 1942, ''Patuxent'' reported to the Naval Station Norfolk, U.S. Naval Base, Norfolk, Virginia, for duty. On 17 December she sailed for Curaçao in the Netherlands Antilles, Dutch West Indies and on 27 December transited the Panama Canal. Steaming across the Pacific, she operated with Task Group 62.9 during February 1943 ...
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USS Patuxent (AO-44) Underway In October 1945
USS ''Patuxent'' or USNS ''Patuxent'' is a name used more than once by the U.S. Navy: * , sea-going tugboat in commission from 1909 to 1924 * , an oiler in commission from 1942 to 1946 * , a fleet replenishment oiler in service since 1995. References

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