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USS Wakulla (AOG-44), underway, date and location unknown.
US Navy photo from the collections of the US Navy Memorial.
( Photo thanks to Stan Svec )
"Stanvac Ogan" in Palembang 1956.
"Stanvac Ogan", build 1945, as "Wakulla AOG 44", by East Coast Shipyards Inc., Bayonne, N.J..
2,219 DWT.
"Mobil Service", ex. "Sea Raven", ex. "Stanvac Ogan", ex. "Mei An", ex. "Wakula" at Singapore, source and date unknown.The Miramar Ship Index for
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WAKULLA
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IDNo / IMO
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5417612 MC Nr. 2070
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Year
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1945
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Name
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WAKULLA
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Flag
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USA
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Owner
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United States Maritime Commission, Washington (D.C.), U.S.A.
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Type
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Tanker
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Tons
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1134
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DWT
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1453
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LOA
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67.21
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LPP
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65.21
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Beam
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11.30
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Dept
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4.37
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Draft
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3.97
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Machinery
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1D-10
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Power
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814
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ShipDesign
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T1-M-A2 Mettawee Class Gasoline Tanker:
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Builder
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East Coast Shipyards Inc.
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Yard
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Bayonne, NJ.
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Yard No
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26
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Country built
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USA
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Keel
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31.10.1944
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Launch
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17.12.1944
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Completed
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03.02.1945
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Subsequent History
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1945 USS Wakulla (AOG-44) Commissioned 3 February
1946 USS Wakulla (AOG-44) Decommissioned, 13 June 1946
1946 USS Wakulla (AOG-44) Struck from the Naval Register, 19 July 1946
1946 USS Wakulla (AOG-44) Transferred to the Maritime Commission,14 November 1946, for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet
1947 MEI AN - Oriental Trade & Transport Company Ltd, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
1948 STANVAC OGAN - N.V. Standard-Vacuum Tankvaart Maatschappij, The Hague, Netherlands
May 1959 STANVAC OGAN - Standard-Vacuum Petroleum Transport N.V., The Hague, Netherlands
June 1959 STANVAC OGAN - Petroleum Shipping Services Company Inc., Panama, Panama R.P.
1960 STANVAC OGAN - Petroleum Shipping Services Company Inc., Panama, Panama R.P.
1961 Lengthened 71.7 mtr oa, 1292 grt by Taikoo Dockyard & Eng. Co., HongKong with new midschip.
1963 SEA RAVEN - Petroleum Shipping Services Company Inc., Panama, Panama R.P.
1968 MOBIL SERVICE - Mobil Oil Malaya Ltd, Panama, Panama R.P.
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End
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1980
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Disposal Data
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Scrapped 1980, [ reported in 1982 ].
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Additional information :
Mettawee Class Gasoline Tanker:
Wakulla (AOG-44): dp. 2,300; l. 221'0"; b. 37'0"; dph. 15'0"; s. 15.0 k.; cpl. 58; a. 1 3", 6 20mm.; cl. Mettawee; T. T1-M-A2)
The second Wakulla (AOG-44) was laid down on 31 October 1944 under a Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 2070) at
Bayonne, N.J., by the East Coast Shipyards, Inc.; launched on 17 December 1944; sponsored by Mrs. J. I. McClain; accepted
by the Navy on 15 January 1945; converted to naval use at the builder's yard; and commissioned at the New York Navy Yard
on 3 February 1945, Lt. Clifford G. Pickering in command.
Following trials in Long Island Sound and shakedown out of Norfolk, Va., Wakulla got underway on 23 March 1945 for the
Netherlands West Indies. She loaded a full cargo of diesel oil and high-octane gasoline at Aruba and shaped course west-
ward. She passed through the Panama Canal from 5 to 7 April, arrived at San Diego on the 22d, and got underway for the
Hawaiian Islands on the 30th. Assigned to Service Squadron (ServRon) 8 soon after her 11 May arrival at Pearl Harbor,
Wakulla subsequently made one voyage to Canton Island in the Phoenix group and two to Johnston Island—each time
with full cargoes of high-octane gasoline. During one of her cruises to Johnston, she interrupted unloading operations to
put to sea and tow LST-765 into port after a damaged screw and an inoperable rudder had left the tank landing ship adrift.
Wakulla served as yard oiler at Pearl Harbor through VJ-day. After ServRon 8 was disestablished in September, the
gasoline tanker operated under the dual control of the Commandant, 14th Naval District, and Commander, Service Force,
Pacific Fleet, into late 1945. She sailed for the west coast in January 1946 and was decommissioned at San Francisco,
Calif., on 13 June 1946. Wakulla was struck from the Navy list on 19 July 1946 and transferred to the Maritime
Commission on 14 November 1946.