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USS Ocelot
USS Ocelot (IX-110) at Ulithi while serving as Service Squadron Ten flagship, 6 May 1945.
History
United States
NameUSS Ocelot
NamesakeOcelot
BuilderOscar Daniels Shipbuilding Co., Tampa, Florida[4]
Laid down5 April 1918[2]
Launched22 February 1919, as Yomachichi[2]
Acquired2 October 1943[3]
Commissioned15 January 1944, as Ocelot[3]
Decommissioned6 December 1945[3]
Stricken3 January 1946[3]
Nickname(s)Spotted Cat[1]
FateSold for scrapping, 19 February 1948[3]
General characteristics (in USN service)[3]
TypeDesign 1027 ship
Displacement
  • 5,868 long tons (5,962 t) (light)
  • 8,747 long tons (8,887 t) (full)
Length416 ft (127 m)
Beam54 ft (16 m)
Draft18 ft 9 in (5.72 m)
Propulsion
Speed13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph)
CapacityAccommodation for 819 men (81 officers, 738 enlisted)
Complement82[2]
Armament
  • 1 ×
    dual purpose gun
  • 1 × single
    40 mm AA gun
  • 8 × single 20 mm AA guns

USS Ocelot (IX–110) was an

Service Squadron 10 in the Pacific War
from late 1944, until she was wrecked in a typhoon in late 1945.

Service history

As cargo ship

The wooden-hulled vessel was built in 1918–19 as the Yomachichi by the Oscar Daniels Shipbuilding Company of

triple expansion steam engines, she was re-equipped with diesel engines in 1926–27.[2] On 11 March 1940 the ship was chartered to the United States Lines by the War Shipping Administration (WSA) at Baltimore, Maryland.[3]

In United States Navy

On 16 September 1943

CinCPac requested a barracks ship to accommodate 50 officers and 800 men for use at an advanced base, and the WSA nominated the motor ship Yomachichi, then under repair at Baltimore, as suitable for the purpose.[2] The ship was accepted by the Navy under a bareboat charter from the WSA on 2 October 1943.[5] Commissioned as Ocelot on 15 January 1944,[5] The conversion work was completed on 22 January 1944, but problems with the main engine meant that she did not report for shakedown until early May.[2]

Ocelot transited the

Typhoon Ida struck.[5]

Loss and disposal

USS Nestor (ARB-6)
, visible to the right, crashed into her during the storm.

Ocelot was involved in a series of collisions with other vessels; the barge

Typhoon Louise she was struck by the repair ship Nestor (ARB-6), which severed her stern section.[3] Stripped of salvageable items,[5] she was abandoned on 29 October,[7] decommissioned on 6 December, and was struck from the Navy List on 3 January 1946.[5]

Ocelot was returned to the custody of the WSA on 5 April 1946[5] and her hulk was sold by the Maritime Commission, along with seven other wrecks and five civilian liberty ships, to China Merchants and Engineers, Inc. for scrapping on 19 February 1948.[8]

References

Notes
  1. ^ a b Carter, Worrall R. (1953). "Chapter XXIX: Support Activities at Leyte-Samar". Beans, Bullets and Black Oil: The Story of Fleet Logistics Afloat in the Pacific During World War II. Retrieved 9 December 2011.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g Roberts, Stephen S. (2011). "US Navy Auxiliary Ships: Ocelot (IX-110)". Shipscribe Register of Ships of the U.S. Navy. Retrieved 9 December 2011.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i "USS Ocelot (IX-110)". NavSource Online. 2010. Retrieved 9 December 2011.
  4. ^ a b Colton, Tim (9 March 2016). "Oscar Daniels Shipbuilding, Tampa FL". Shipbuildinghistory.com. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "USS Ocelot". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. 2004. Retrieved 9 December 2011.
  6. Grand Island Independent. Grand Island, Nebraska. Retrieved 9 December 2011.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link
    )
  7. Naval History & Heritage Command
    . 11 February 1946. Retrieved 9 December 2011.
  8. Naval History & Heritage Command
    . 2006. Retrieved 9 December 2011.
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