Armadillo-class tanker

Class overview
USS Porcupine, an Armadillo-class tanker
Builders	Delta Shipbuilding Company
Operators	Maritime Commission
In service	18 November 1943^[1] - 12 July 1946^[2]
Completed	20
Cancelled	2 converted to Stag-class distilling ships
Lost	1^[3]
Retired	17
General characteristics
Type	Liberty tanker
Tonnage	7,219 GRT 10,674 DWT
Displacement	14,245 tons
Length	441 ft 6 in (135 m) overall 427 ft (130 m) waterline 417 ft 9 in (127 m) between perpendiculars
Beam	57 ft (17 m)
Draft	27 ft 9 in (8 m)
Propulsion	2,500 hp (1,900 kW)
Speed	11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph)
Capacity	272,978 cu ft (7,729.9 m³; 48,619.5 bbl)
Complement	81 officers and enlisted
Armament	Typically 1 × 5-inch 38 caliber dual purpose gun 1 × 3 in (76 mm) gun 8 × 20 mm cannons

The Armadillo class of tankers was a class of Type Z-ET1-S-C3

unclassified miscellaneous vessels. Two would be converted to Stag-class distilling ships ^[4]

This group of Liberty based tankers all served in the United States Navy during the

aviation gasoline to remote islands in the south Pacific, required for the many aerial reconnaissance missions there.^[5]

Notable incident

USS Porcupine sank due to an enemy kamikaze attack on 30 December 1944 at Mangarin Bay, Leyte, Philippines.

References

v t e Armadillo-class tankers
Armadillo Beagle Camel Caribou Elk Gazelle Gemsbok Giraffe Ibex Jaguar Kangaroo Leopard Mink Moose Panda Porcupine Raccoon Whippet
Unclassified miscellaneous vessels

v t e Liberty ships
Lists	A-F G-Je Je-L M-R S-Z
Subtypes	Acubens-class general stores issue ship Armadillo class tanker Crater-class cargo ship radar picket ship List of Subtypes
Survivors	SS John W. Brown SS Jeremiah O'Brien SS Arthur M. Huddell SS Albert M. Boe
Other	Liberty Fleet Day Port Chicago disaster Project Liberty Ship
See also	Park ship (Canadian equivalent) Fort ship (British equivalent) Ocean ship (Anglo-American predecessor) Victory ship (American follow-on) Empire ship (British ships owned by the Ministry of War Transport)
Category List

v t e World War II Maritime Commission ship designs
Cargo designs	Type C1 Type C2 Type C3 Type C4 Type C5 (Type C6) (Type C7) (Type C8) ( Type C9 ) Type N3
Emergency cargo	Liberty ship ("EC2-S-C1") Victory ship ("VC2-S-AP1")
Tanker	T1 tanker T2 tanker T3 tanker Liberty ship ("Z-ET1-S-C3")
Special-purpose	Type S2 ("Tacoma-class frigate") Type S3-S2-BP ("Landing Ship, Tank") Neptune-class cable layer ") Type S4-S2-BB3 ("Casablanca-class escort carrier") Type S4-SE2-BD1 ("Gilliam-class attack transport") Type S4-SE2-BE1 (" attack cargo ship ") "Crane vessel-Derrick Barge"
Miscellaneous-cargo	Type L6 ("Lakers") Type N ("Coastal Cargo") Type P1 ("Passenger") Type P2 ("Passenger") Type R ("Refrigerated") Type B ("Barge")
Tugs	Type V ("Tugs")
See also:- Empire ship, Fort ship, Park ship, Ocean ship.

v t e United States naval ship classes of World War II
Aircraft carriers	Lexington Ranger^S Yorktown Wasp^S Essex Midway^C
Light aircraft carriers	Independence Saipan^C
Escort carriers	Long Island Charger Bogue Sangamon Casablanca Commencement Bay
Battleships	Wyoming New York Nevada Pennsylvania New Mexico Tennessee Colorado North Carolina South Dakota Iowa Montana^X
Large cruisers	Alaska
Heavy cruisers	Pensacola Northampton Portland New Orleans Wichita^S Baltimore Oregon City^C Des Moines^C
Light cruisers	Omaha Brooklyn Atlanta Cleveland Fargo^C Juneau^C Worcester^C CL-154^X
Gunboats	Dubuque Sacramento^S Asheville Plymouth^S Williamsburg^S St. Augustine^S Vixen^S Erie PGM-1 PGM-9
Destroyers	Sampson Caldwell Wickes Clemson Farragut Porter Mahan Gridley Bagley Somers Benham Sims Benson Gleaves Fletcher Allen M. Sumner Robert H. Smith Gearing
Destroyer escorts	Evarts Buckley Cannon Edsall Rudderow John C. Butler
Patrol frigates	Asheville Tacoma
Patrol boats	Action PT boat
Minelayers	Oglala^S Wassuc^S Monadnock^S Miantonomah^S Terror^S Keokuk^S Salem^S Weehawken^S Camanche Chimo
Minesweepers	Lapwing Raven Auk Eagle^S Hawk Admirable
Submarines	O R S Barracuda Argonaut^S Narwhal Dolphin^S Cachalot Porpoise Salmon Sargo Tambor Mackerel Gato Balao Tench
Tankers	T1 tanker T2 tanker T3 tanker
Cargo ships	Liberty Victory Haskell Andromeda Arcturus Artemis Tolland Alstede Aldebaran Adria Acubens Arctic Denebola Hyades Mizar
Auxiliary ships	Ammunition Floating drydock Repair dock Barracks Collier Combat stores Destroyer tender Depot High-speed transport Hospital Ice cream barge Net laying Motor torpedo boat tender Reefer Oiler Repair Seaplane tender Submarine tender Underway replenishment
C Completed after the war S Single ship of class X Cancelled

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