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|Ship caption=USS ''Escatawpa'' (AOG-27) Underway in the vicinity of Hampton Roads, Virginia, 3 October 1944. |
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| − | '''USS ''Escatawpa'' (AOG-27)''' was a [[Mettawee class gasoline tanker|''Mettawee''-class]] |
+ | '''USS ''Escatawpa'' (AOG-27)''' was a [[Mettawee class gasoline tanker|''Mettawee''-class]] gasoline tanker acquired by the [[U.S. Navy]] for the dangerous task of transporting gasoline to [[warships]] in the fleet, and to remote Navy stations. |
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* [http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/20/2027.htm NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive - AOG-27 Escatawpa] |
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Latest revision as of 04:28, 6 November 2019
| USS Escatawpa (AOG-27) | |
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 USS Escatawpa (AOG-27) Underway in the vicinity of Hampton Roads, Virginia, 3 October 1944. | |
| Career (US) |  |
| Name: | USS Escatawpa |
| Ordered: |
as T1-M-A2 tanker hull MC hull 1524 |
| Laid down: | date unknown |
| Launched: | 3 June 1944 |
| Commissioned: | 14 August 1944 |
| Decommissioned: | 20 March 1946 |
| Struck: | date unknown |
| Fate: | sunk in 1970 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 846 tons(lt) 2,270 tons(fl) |
| Length: | 220 ft 6 in |
| Beam: | 37 ft |
| Draught: | 17 ft |
| Propulsion: | Diesel direct drive, single screw, 720 hp |
| Speed: | 10 knots (19 km/h) |
| Capacity: | 1,228 long tons deadweight (DWT) |
| Complement: | 62 |
| Armament: | one single 3"/50 dual purpose gun mount, two 40 mm guns, three single 20 mm gun mounts |
USS Escatawpa (AOG-27) was a Mettawee-class gasoline tanker acquired by the U.S. Navy for the dangerous task of transporting gasoline to warships in the fleet, and to remote Navy stations. Escatawpa was launched by the East Coast Shipyard, Inc., Bayonne, New Jersey, on 3 June 1944 and commissioned on 18 August 1944, Lieutenant H. T. Nottage, USCGR, in command.
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World War II service[edit | edit source]
She was assigned to the U.S. Pacific Fleet, operating thereafter in fueling ships and craft on an inter-island circuit in the central Pacific Ocean.
Driven aground in a typhoon[edit | edit source]
A typhoon drove her aground at Kagoshima Kaiwan on 17 September 1945.
Post-war decommissioning[edit | edit source]
She was refloated on 10 October and returned to San Francisco, California, where she was placed out of commission on 20 March 1946 and subsequently transferred to the Maritime Commission for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet. She was sold for commercial service in April 1947 to a Brazilian firm. Final disposition: sunk in 1970.
Military awards and honors[edit | edit source]
Escatawpa’s crew was eligible for the following medals:
References[edit | edit source]
This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.
External links[edit | edit source]
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