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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | USS Sebec |
| Namesake | Sebec River in Maine |
| Builder | Marinship, Sausalito, California |
| Laid down | 20 May 1943 |
| Launched | 29 July 1943 |
| Commissioned | 29 March 1944 |
| Decommissioned | 7 February 1946 |
| Stricken | 26 February 1946 |
| In service | 1950, as USNS Sebec (T-AO-87) |
| Out of service | 22 December 1955 |
| Stricken | 22 December 1955 |
| Reinstated | 28 April 1950 |
| Reinstated | 21 July 1956 |
| In service | 1956 |
| Out of service | 3 September 1957 |
| Stricken | 3 September 1957 |
| Honors and awards | 6 battle stars (World War II) |
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| General characteristics | |
| Type | Escambia-class replenishment oiler |
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| 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 |
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USS Sebec (AO-87) was a Escambia-class fleet 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 primarily in the Pacific Ocean. For her valiant efforts, she received six battle stars during the war.
Sebec, a type T2-SE-A2 tanker hull, was laid down under a Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 1266) on 20 May 1943 by the Marinship Corp. of Sausalito, California. Launched on 29 July 1943, sponsored by Mrs. E. B. Fox, she was delivered to the Kaiser Swan Island Yard, Portland, Oregon, for completion and conversion to an oiler, and accepted and commissioned by the Navy on 29 March 1944.