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Calusa / Winooski
See also USS WINOOSKI (AO-38) as : Calusa (1)
Type : T2-SO
"Calusa (1)" on January 6th 1942 at Baltimore, Maryland off Bethlehem Key Highway yard before conversion.
Later that day at Bethlehem Key Highway Yard, with Domino Sugar plant in background.
Later that day at Bethlehem Key Highway Yard.
USS Winooski (AO-38) from the port bow in Norfolk on October 8, 1944, wearing camouflage 32/6AO.(Photo taken by Naval Air Station, Hampton Roads)
The USS Winooski (AO-38) again in Norfolk on October 8, 1944, wearing camouflage 32/6AO.( Photo source: NARA)
USS Winooski (AO-38) ex. "Calusa", date and location unknown.
USS Winooski (AO-38) ex. "Calusa", underway, 15 October 1943. US Navy ONI photo.
USS Winooski (AO-38) ex. "Calusa", at anchor, probably during the summer or fall of 1942, location unknown.
Her camouflage scheme is measure 22.
( Photo thanks to Tracy White )
USS Winooski (AO-38) ex. "Calusa", with hole in her side, date and location unknown.
USS Winooski (AO-38) ex. "Calusa", underway.
USS Winooski (AO-38) ex. "Calusa", underway, date and location unknown.
underway, date and location unknown.
( Photo thanks to Robert M. Cieri )
USS Winooski AO-38 on October 22nd 1942 at San Francisco Bay. With two PT-Boats on cargo deck.
CALUSA, T2-SO
The Miramar Ship Index for
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CALUSA USMC nr. 144
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ID or IMO No
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2241242 Design : T2
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Year built
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1942
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Name
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CALUSA
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Flag
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USA
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Owner
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Socony-Vacuum Oil Co Inc., New York
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Type
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Tanker
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Tons
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9920
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DWT
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15850
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LOA
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152.9
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LPP
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148.7
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Beam
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20.7
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Dept
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11.28
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Draft
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9.04
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Machinery / Speed
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1ST-16.5
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Power
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8832 kW
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ShipDesign
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T2
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Builder
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Bethlehem Steel Co., MD
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Yard
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Sparrows Point
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Yard No
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4355
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Country built
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USA
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Keel
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23.04.1941
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Launch
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12.11.1941
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Completed
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27.01.1942
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Subsequent History
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CALUSA-1942a Completed for Socony-Vacuum Oil Company, New York, U.S.A.
CALUSA-1942b Acquired by the US Navy, 5 January.
CALUSA-1942c Commissioned USS Winooski (AO-38), 27 January, at Baltimore, MD
AO-38 WINOOSKI-1946a decommissioned, 30 April, at Norfolk, VA., transferred to the Maritime Administration for disposal, 1 August, name reverted to SS Calusa
CALUSA-1946b struck from the Naval Register, 8 October.
SAMUEL L. FULLER-1947 Sinclair Refining Co Inc , Wilmington, U.S.A.
SEANYMPH-1963 for Intercoastal Shipping., & Trading., Corp., Wilmington, U.S.A.
MERACOULOSA-1964 for Africana Shipping., Co., SA, LBR Monrovia
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End
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1965
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Disposal Data
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Meracoulosa grounded 26 May 1965 in position 1.08 N / 103.49 E. Re-floated, repairs become uneconomical and sold to ship-breakers in Taiwan. Arrived Kaohsiung Sep. 1965 to be broken up.
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