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| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name | Mettawee class |
| Completed | 34 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Gasoline Tanker |
| Tonnage | 1,228 long tons deadweight (DWT) |
| 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 | |
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 (AOG-24) capsized near Iwo Jima on 6 June 1945.
Ships in class
[edit]- USS Mettawee (AOG-17)
- USS Pasquotank (AOG-18)
- USS Sakatonchee (AOG-19)
- USS Seekonk (AOG-20)
- USS Sequatchie (AOG-21)
- USS Wautauga (AOG-22)
- USS Ammonusuc (AOG-23)
- USS Sheepscot (AOG-24)
- USS Calamus (AOG-25)
- USS Chiwaukum (AOG-26)
- USS Escatawpa (AOG-27)
- USS Gualala (AOG-28)
- USS Hiwassee (AOG-29)
- USS Kalamazoo (AOG-30)
- USS Kanawha (AOG-31)
- USS Narraguagas (AOG-32)
- USS Ochlockonee (AOG-33)
- USS Oconee (AOG-34)
- USS Ogeechee (AOG-35)
- USS Ontonagon (AOG-36)
- USS Yahara (AOG-37)
- USS Ponchatoula (AOG-38)
- USS Quastinet (AOG-39)
- USS Sacandaga (AOG-40)
- USS Tetonkaha (AOG-41)
- USS Towaliga (AOG-42)
- USS Tularosa (AOG-43)
- USS Wakulla (AOG-44)
- USS Yacona (AOG-45)
- USS Waupaca (AOG-46)
- USS Manokin (AOG-60)
- USS Sakonnet (AOG-61)
- USS Conemaugh (AOG-62)
- USS Klaskanine (AOG-63)
References
[edit]- Budge, Kent. "Mettawee Class, U.S. Gasoline Tankers". The Pacific War Online Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2007-11-02.
- "Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-1945". HyperWar. Retrieved 2007-11-02.
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