USS Wabash (AOG-4)

USS Wabash
History
United States
NameUSS Wabash
NamesakeWabash River
BuilderSeattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation
Laid down30 June 1942
Launched28 October 1942
Commissioned10 May 1943
Decommissioned29 July 1946
Stricken23 April 1947
FateTransferred to the US Army Transportation Corps
Recommissioned1 June 1950, as T-AOG-4
Decommissioned10 September 1957
Stricken8 May 1958
FateDisposed of by scrapping at Brownsville, Texas on 27 January 2006
General characteristics
Class and typePatapsco-class gasoline tanker
Displacement4,335 long tons (4,405 t) full load
Length310 ft 9 in (94.72 m)
Beam48 ft 6 in (14.78 m)
Draft15 ft 8 in (4.78 m)
Propulsion4 × General Electric diesel-electric engines, twin shafts, 3,300 hp (2,461 kW)
Speed14 knots (16 mph; 26 km/h)
Complement140
Armament
Service record
Operations: World War II, Korean War
Awards:

USS Wabash (AOG-4) was a Patapsco-class gasoline tanker acquired by the U.S. Navy for the dangerous task of transporting gasoline to warships in the fleet, and to remote Navy stations.

Wabash was laid down on 30 June 1942 at Seattle, Washington, by the Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Co.; launched on 28 October 1942; sponsored by Mrs. Louis A. Puckett; and was commissioned at the Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, Washington, on 10 May 1943.