USS Pawcatuck

Pawcatuck refueling USS Doyle (FFG-39) in 1990
History
United States
Name	USS Pawcatuck
Namesake	The Pawcatuck River in Connecticut and Rhode Island
Builder	Sun Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Chester, Pennsylvania
Laid down	22 March 1945
Launched	19 February 1946
Commissioned	10 May 1946
Decommissioned	15 July 1975
In service	1975
Out of service	1991
Reclassified	T-AO-108 after 15 July 1975 decommissioning (originally classified AO-108)
Stricken	21 September 1991
Identification	IMO number: 7737157
Fate	Sold for scrapping 21 September 2005
General characteristics
Class and type	Ashtabula-class oiler[1] T3–S2–A3 type
Type	Fleet replenishment oiler
Displacement	As built: 7,423 tons (light); 25,480 tons (full load) After "jumboization": 12,840 tons (light); 33,987 tons (full load)
Length	As built: 553 ft (169 m) After "jumboization": 644 ft (196 m)
Beam	75 ft (23 m)
Draft	As built: 32 ft (9.8 m) After "jumboization": 34 ft 9 in (10.59 m)
Installed power	30,400 hp (22,700 kW)
Propulsion	geared turbines, four boilers, twin screws
Speed	16 knots (30 km/h)
Capacity	146,000 barrels (23,200 m3) of fuel oil
Complement	304 (as USS Pawcatuck)
Crew	108 civilians plus a U.S. Navy detachment (as USNS Pawcatuck)
Armament	As built: 1 × 5 in (130 mm) 38-caliber gun 4 × 3 in (76 mm) 50-caliber guns 8 × 40-mm antiaircraft guns (4 x 2) 8 × 20-mm antiaircraft guns (4 x 2) After "jumboization": None
Notes	"Jumboization" involved the lengthening of Pawcatuck's hull and installation of additional cargo capacity during 1965–66.

USS Pawcatuck (AO-108) was a T3 Ashtabula class replenishment oiler tanker that served in the U.S. Navy from 1946 to 1975, then transferred to the Military Sealift Command to continue in non-commissioned service with a civilian crew as United States Naval Ship USNS Pawcatuck (T-AO-108). She was the only United States Navy ship to bear the name Pawcatuck.