Patapsco-class gasoline tanker

USS Patapsco (AOG-1)
Class overview
Name: Patapsco-class
Builders:
Operators:  United States Navy
Built: 1942–1945
In commission: 1943–1960s
Completed: 23
General characteristics
Type: Gasoline tanker
Displacement:
  • 1,850 long tons (1,880 t) light
  • 4,130 long tons (4,196 t) full load
Length: 310 ft 9 in (94.72 m)
Beam: 48 ft 6 in (14.78 m)
Draft: 15 ft 6 in (4.72 m)
Propulsion: 4 × Cleveland Diesel 12-278A diesel-electric engines, twin shafts, 3,300 hp (2,461 kW)
Speed: 15.5 knots (17.8 mph; 28.7 km/h)
Capacity: 1,850 long tons (1,880 t) dwt
Complement: 131
Armament:

The Patapsco-class of gasoline tankers were a class of tankers built for the United States Navy during World War II. The class consisted of 23 tankers, designated AOG-1 through AOG-11, and AOG-48 to AOG-59. They served through the Korean War and several served in foreign nations.

Production

Many were built as Maritime Commission type (T1-MT-M1) tanker hull, under a Maritime Commission contract, at Cargill, Inc., Savage, MN.[1]

Propulsion

Four 980shp Cleveland Diesel Engine Division (General Motors Corporation) 12-278A Diesel-electric engines, single Main Reduction Gears, two propellers, 3,300shp.[2]

Service

Various ships in the class served from World War II through Vietnam in various campaigns. Some were transferred to the Greek Navy and Taiwan. The last ones in U.S. service were decommissioned in July 1975.[3] Taiwan decommissioned the last one ROCS Chang Pei (AOG-517) in 2005.[4]

Ships

References

  1. ↑ http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/20/2001.htm
  2. ↑ http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/20/2001.htm
  3. ↑ http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/20/2056.htm
  4. ↑ http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/20/2057.htm

This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.


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