 USS Stag (AW-1) c. mid-1944, probably upon completion of conversion to a water distilling ship.
She is painted in Camouflage Measure 32, Design 11F. The medium tones of this pattern are only faintly visible on the ship's forward and midships hull sides. | |
| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | USS Stag |
| Builder | Delta Shipbuilding Company, New Orleans, Louisiana |
| Laid down | 13 November 1943 |
| Launched | 7 January 1944 |
| Commissioned | 16 February 1944 |
| Decommissioned | 30 April 1946 |
| Stricken | 1 July 1960 |
| Fate | Scrapped, 1970 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Distilling ship |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 441 ft 6 in (134.57 m) |
| Beam | 56 ft 11 in (17.35 m) |
| Draft | 28 ft 4 in (8.64 m) |
| Installed power | 2,500 hp (1,900 kW) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
| Complement | 171 officers and enlisted |
| Armament |
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USS Stag (AW-1) was one of four water distilling ships built for the United States Navy during World War II. The lead ship of two in her class, she was named for a ruminant mammal belonging to the family Cervidae.
Originally laid down as the SS Norman O. Pedrick on 13 November 1943 a Maritime Commission type (Z-ET1-S-C3) tanker hull (MC hull 1932) under Maritime Commission by the Delta Shipbuilding Company of New Orleans, Louisiana; launched on 7 January 1944, sponsored by Mrs. Parks B. Pedrick; acquired by the Navy from the War Shipping Administration under a bareboat charter on 16 February 1944; and commissioned the same day as the Armadillo-class tanker USS Stag (IX-128).