History | |
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United States | |
Name | USS Kennebec |
Namesake | Kennebec River |
Ordered | 1 November 1939 |
Builder | Bethlehem Sparrows Point Shipyard |
Laid down | 12 August 1940 |
Launched | 19 April 1941 |
Acquired | 13 January 1942 |
Commissioned | 4 February 1942 |
Decommissioned | 29 June 1970 |
Stricken | 15 July 1976 |
Motto | Service God, Country, Fleet |
Honors and awards |
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Fate | Scrapped, 1982 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Kennebec class oiler |
Type | MARAD T2 |
Tonnage | 15,910 DWT |
Displacement | 21,077 tons |
Length | 501 ft 8 in (152.91 m) |
Beam | 68 ft (21 m) |
Draft | 29 ft 8.5 in (9.055 m) |
Depth | 37 ft (11 m) |
Installed power | 12,000 shp (8,900 kW) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 16.5 knots (30.6 km/h) |
Range | 8,000 nmi (15,000 km; 9,200 mi) |
Capacity | 130,000 bbl (~18,000 t) |
Complement | 214–247 |
Armament |
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USS Kennebec (AO-36) was originally the SS Corsicana, a Kennebec class T2 tanker that was built by Bethlehem Sparrows Point Shipyard in Sparrows Point, Maryland. It was delivered to Socony-Vacuum Oil Company (later Mobil Oil) on 8 August 1941. It was purchased by the United States Navy on 13 January 1942 and renamed Kennebec.