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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | USS Patuxent |
| Namesake | Patuxent River |
| Builder | Sun Shipbuilding & Drydock Co., Chester, Pennsylvania |
| Laid down | 5 March 1942 |
| Launched | 25 July 1942 |
| Sponsored by | Mrs. W. H. Blanchard |
| Acquired | 28 September 1942 |
| Commissioned | 22 October 1942 |
| Decommissioned | 21 February 1946 |
| Stricken | 12 March 1946 |
| Identification | IMO number: 5086877 |
| Honors and awards | 8 battle stars (World War II) |
| Fate | Sold into commercial service, 1947 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Mattaponi-class oiler |
| Type | MARAD T2-A |
| Tonnage | 16,400 DWT |
| Displacement | 21,750 tons |
| Length | 520 ft (160 m) |
| Beam | 68 ft (21 m) |
| Draft | 29 ft 11.5 in (9.131 m) |
| Depth | 37 ft (11 m) |
| Installed power | 12,000 shp (8,900 kW) |
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| Speed | 16.5 knots (30.6 km/h) |
| Range | 7,200 nmi (13,300 km; 8,300 mi) |
| Capacity | 133,000 bbl (~18,100 t) |
| Complement | 352 |
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USS Patuxent (AO-44) was a Kennebec-class oiler in the United States Navy during World War II. She was the second U.S. Navy ship named for the Patuxent River in Maryland.
The type T2-A tanker was laid down under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 159) on 5 March 1942 as SS Emmkay by the Sun Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. (hull number 228) at Chester, Pennsylvania, for the Keystone Co. She was launched on 25 July 1942, sponsored by Mrs. W. H. Blanchard, acquired by the Navy from the Maritime Commission on 28 September 1942, converted by the Maryland Drydock Company, Baltimore, Maryland, and commissioned on 22 October 1942.