USNS Lone Jack (T-AO-161)

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History
United States
NameUSNS Lone Jack
BuilderSun Shipbuilding & Drydock Co., Chester, Pennsylvania
Laid down11 July 1944
Launched21 October 1944
Acquired28 November 1956
In service15 January 1957
Out of service7 October 1957
Stricken7 October 1957
Fate
  • Transferred to the US Army, 10 June 1966
  • Scrapped, April 1971
General characteristics
Type
fleet oiler
Displacement
  • 5,782 long tons (5,875 t) light
  • 21,880 long tons (22,231 t) full
Length523 ft 6 in (159.56 m)
Beam68 ft (21 m)
Draft30 ft (9.1 m)
PropulsionTurbo-electric, single screw, 8,000 hp (5,966 kW)
Speed15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Capacity140,000 barrels (22,000 m3)
ArmamentNone

USNS Lone Jack (T-AO-161) was a type

Sun Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co. of Chester, Pennsylvania (hull number 450) on 11 July 1944. The ship was launched on 21 October 1944, sponsored by Mrs. Julia W. Bruwier, and delivered to Cities Service Oil Co. of New York City
on 31 October 1944.

Service history

Merchant tanker, 1944–1956

During and after World War II SS Lone Jack steamed the sealanes as a merchant tanker. On 1 March 1945 the Lone Jack collided with a convoy cargo merchant ship the SS Frontenac Victory. The two damaged ships were helped and protected by destroyer escorts: USS Burrows (DE-105), USS Hammann (DE-131) and USS Robert E. Peary (DE-132) take came a different convoy. Both ships were able to stay afloat and were later repaired and put back in service. The Lone Jack had major damage and was towed by the salvage tugs the USS Kiowa (AT-72) and USS Escape (ARS-6) to a repair port. Her fuel was removed to another ship before the repair.[1][2][3] Prior to 1956 she was acquired by the

Maritime Administration as a "trade in" ship and was placed in the National Defense Reserve Fleet at Beaumont, Texas
.

Suez Crisis activation, 1956–1957

After the

Military Sea Transportation Service at New Orleans, Louisiana, placed in service as USNS
Lone Jack (T-AO-161), on 15 January 1957.

Lone Jack was operated under General Agency Agreement by

Marine Transport Lines, Inc., of New York City. From January to October 1957 she carried oil shipments from ports in the Persian Gulf to American bases in Japan and the western Pacific. During April and May she circumnavigated the globe while carrying fuel to the Mediterranean and the Far East
.

In reserve and transfer to the Army, 1957–1966

Lone Jack was placed out of service, struck from the

floating power station along the coast of South Vietnam. Lone Jack was broken up at Kaohsiung, Taiwan
, in April 1971.

References

  1. ^ [>http://www.nhwallofhonor.com/pages/texthaysedwinfrancis1946.html USS Robert E. Peary, DE-132, Destroyer Escort]
  2. ^ Burrows III (DE-105)
  3. ^ The Daily News from Huntingdon, Pennsylvania · Page 3, August 23, 1945


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