USS Wacissa (AOG-59)
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | USS Wacissa |
| Namesake | Wacissa River in Florida |
| Ordered | As type T1-MT-M1 tanker hull |
| Builder | Cargill, Inc., Savage, Minnesota |
| Laid down | 11 November 1944 |
| Launched | 15 June 1945 |
| Completed | 20 May 1946 |
| Stricken | 23 April 1947 |
| Reinstated | 30 April 1948 |
| Fate | Placed in reserve |
| Name | USNS Wacissa (T-AOG-59) |
| Recommissioned | 18 February 1952 |
| Decommissioned | 25 May 1954 |
| Fate | Placed in reserve |
| Name | USNS Wacissa (T-AOG-58) |
| Recommissioned | 24 May 1956 |
| Decommissioned | 16 October 1956 |
| In service |
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| Stricken | 1 December 1963 |
| Fate | Sold for scrapping May 1964 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | gasoline tanker |
| Tonnage | 2,120 long tons deadweight (DWT) |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 310 ft 9 in (94.72 m) |
| Beam | 48 ft 6 in (14.78 m) |
| Draft | 15 ft 8 in (4.78 m) |
| Propulsion | 4 × General Electric diesel engines, electric drive, twin shafts, 3,300 hp (2,461 kW) |
| Speed | 14 knots (16 mph; 26 km/h) |
| Complement | 131 |
| Armament |
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USS Wacissa (AOG-59) was a
Military Sea Transportation Service between 1952 and 1956. In 1957, she was transferred to the United States Air Force. Shortly thereafter she was again transferred to Canada
. She was finally scrapped in 1964.
History
Wacissa was laid down on 11 November 1944 at
Reserve Fleet at Lake Charles, Louisiana
. She was then placed on a list of ships slated for disposal via sale.
The
Navy list
on 30 April, inactivated on 2 May, and placed in reserve on the 3rd.
Military Sea Transportation Service
The onset of the
east coast
and continued them into the spring of 1954.
On 25 May 1954, USNS Wacissa was placed out of service, in reserve, and was assigned to the
Suisun Bay, California
.
U.S. Air Force
Remaining in custodial status from that date, she lay there inactive until 8 April 1957, when she was transferred back to
Department of the Air Force
on 16 September 1957.
Canada
Soon thereafter, she was turned over to the
Northern Transportation Co., Ltd. — the firm which had assumed responsibility for the annual resupplying of Distant Early Warning (DEW) line radar stations in the central Arctic
.
The Canadian government operated the tanker in these northern climes until 1963.
Decommissioning and fate
Wacissa was returned to the
Maritime Administration in May 1964 and was then sold in the same month to the Nicolai Joffre Corp., of Beverly Hills, California
, for scrapping.
References
This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
External links
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