USS Anacostia (AO-94)

Anacostia in the 1950s
History
United States
Name	USS Anacostia
Namesake	Anacostia River
Builder	Marinship, Sausalito, California
Laid down	16 July 1944
Launched	24 September 1944
Commissioned	25 February 1945
Decommissioned	16 April 1946
Stricken	8 May 1946
Acquired	28 February 1948
In service	18 July 1950, as USNS Anacostia (T-AO-94)
Out of service	December 1957
Stricken	17 December 1957
Honors and awards	1 battle star (World War II)
Fate	Transferred to MARAD, 1957. Sold in 1967.
History
Name	Penn Ranger (1967–73) Omnium Ranger (1973–78)
Owner	Penn Shipping Co Inc (1967–73) Omnium Transportation Co (1973–78)
Operator	Penn Shipping Co Inc (1967–73) Omnium Transportation Co (1973–78)
Port of registry	Wilmington, Delaware, United States (1967–73)  Panama (1973–78)
Fate	Scrapped in 1978
General characteristics
Type	Escambia-class replenishment oiler
Displacement	5,782 long tons (5,875 t) light 21,880 long tons (22,231 t) full 14,177 GRT (1967–78)
Length	523 ft 6 in (159.56 m)
Beam	68 ft (21 m)
Draft	30 ft 10 in (9.40 m)
Propulsion	Turbo-electric, single screw, 8,000 shp (5,966 kW)
Speed	15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Capacity	140,000 barrels (22,000 m3)
Complement	267
Armament	1 × 5"/38 caliber dual purpose gun 4 × 3"/50 caliber guns 4 × twin 40 mm guns 4 × twin 20 mm guns

USS Anacostia (AO-94) was a Escambia-class replenishment oiler acquired by the United States Navy for use during World War II. She had the dangerous but necessary task of providing fuel to vessels in combat and non-combat areas. She served in the Pacific Ocean Theater of operations late in the war, and returned home with one battle star.

The ship was laid down under a Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 1829) on 16 July 1944 at Sausalito, California, by the Marinship Corp., as Mission Alamo. Renamed Anacostia (AO-94) on 24 July 1944, she was launched on 24 September 1944, sponsored by Mrs. Henry F. Bruns, the wife of Rear Admiral Bruns, and acquired by the Navy and placed in commission on 25 February 1945.