Suamico-class oiler

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USS Cohocton
Class overview
Name	Suamico class
Builders	Sun Shipbuilding & Drydock, Chester, Pennsylvania Marinship, Sausalito, California
Operators	United States Navy
Preceded by	Kennebec class
Succeeded by	Neosho class
Subclasses	Escambia class Cohocton class
Built	1940–1945
In service	1942–1972
Planned	30
Completed	25 + 2 converted
Cancelled	3
General characteristics
Type	T2-SE-A1/2/3 tanker
Displacement	5,782 long tons (5,875 t) light 21,880 long tons (22,231 t) full
Length	523 ft 6 in (159.56 m)
Beam	68 ft (21 m)
Draft	30 ft 10 in (9.40 m)
Propulsion	Turbo-electric transmission, single screw, 6,000 shp (4,474 kW) (Suamicos); 10,000 shp (7,457 kW) (Escambias)
Speed	14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) (Suamicos); 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) (Escambias)
Capacity	140,000 barrels (22,000 m3)
Complement	267 officers and enlisted
Armament	1 × 5-inch/38-caliber dual purpose gun 4 × 3-inch/50-caliber guns 4 × twin 40 mm guns 4 × twin 20 mm guns

The Suamico class were a class of 25 United States Navy oilers during World War II. Built to the Maritime Commission T2-SE-A1 (Suamico class), -A2 (Escambia class) and -A3 (Cohocton) designs, they used turbo-electric transmission, obviating the need for reduction gearing which was a major issue in US mass-production shipbuilding.