Mettawee-class gasoline tanker

	; USS Mettawee
Class overview
Name:	Mettawee
Completed:	34
General characteristics
Type:	Gasoline Tanker
Displacement:	2,280 tons (fully loaded)
Length:	221 ft (67 m)
Beam:	37 ft (11 m)
Draft:	14 ft (4.3 m)
Propulsion:	One screw, diesel engines, 720 hp
Speed:	9.5 knots (18 km/h)
Complement:	58
Armament:	One 3"/50 caliber gun Two Bofors 40 mm gun Three Oerlikon 20 mm cannon

The Mettawee-class gasoline tanker was a class of small gasoline tankers based on the Maritime Commission standard T1-M-A2 hull that served in World War II. The ships were completed between 1943 and 1945. Despite being charged with the dangerous task of carrying a highly volatile cargo into battle, none of the Mettawee-class tankers were destroyed, but the USS Sheepscot capsized near Iwo Jima on 6 June 1945.

Ships in Class

References

Budge, Kent. "Mettawee Class, U.S. Gasoline Tankers". The Pacific War Online Encyclopedia. http://pwencycl.kgbudge.com/M/e/Mettawee_class.htm. Retrieved 2007-11-02.
"Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-1945". HyperWar. http://ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/ships/ships-ao.html#mettawee. Retrieved 2007-11-02.

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Class overview
USS Mettawee
Name:	Mettawee
Completed:	34
General characteristics
Type:	Gasoline Tanker
Displacement:	2,280 tons (fully loaded)
Length:	221 ft (67 m)
Beam:	37 ft (11 m)
Draft:	14 ft (4.3 m)
Propulsion:	One screw, diesel engines, 720 hp
Speed:	9.5 knots (18 km/h)
Complement:	58
Armament:	One 3"/50 caliber gun Two Bofors 40 mm gun Three Oerlikon 20 mm cannon

Mettawee-class gasoline tanker

Ships in Class

References

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