SS Hat Creek

SS Hat Creek in August 1943
History
United States
NameSS Hat Creek
NamesakeHat Creek
BuilderAlabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company, Mobile, Alabama
Yard number251
Laid down1943
Launched30 April 1943
IdentificationIMO number5015062
FateScrapped 1983
General characteristics
TypeT2-SE-A1 tanker
Tonnage12532
Displacement21,880 long tons (22,231 t)
Length523 ft (159 m)
Beam68 ft (21 m)
Draft30 ft (9.1 m)
Installed power7,240 shp (5,399 kW)
Propulsionturbo-electric transmission, single screw
Speed15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Range12,600 nmi (23,300 km)

SS Hat Creek was a Type T2-SE-A1 tanker built at Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company of Mobile, Alabama in July 1943. She was built as hull number 251 and USMC number 5354. She was sold in 1946 to National Bulk Carriers and a year later had a new two cylinder steam turbine installed. In 1957 she had a new middle section installed and was renamed Amoco Virginia. Subsequent renamings included Point Judy (1979) and Point Milton (1980).

Parts of the middle section were converted into deck barges and named Venemac 5 and Venemac 6.