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Catawba / Neosho
Type : T2-SO
Neosho (AO-143) launching, 10 November 1953, Bethlehem Steel Co., Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, MA.( Photo National Archives )
USS Neosho (AO-48) at anchor, date and location unknown. Her camouflage scheme is MS32/6AO.( Photo thanks to Mike Green )
USS Neosho (AO-48) at anchor, date and location unknown. Her camouflage scheme is MS32/6AO.( Photo thanks to Mike Green )
Overhead view of USS Neosho (AO-143) underway, 1 May 1955.( Photo National Archives )
Neosho (AO-48), date and place unknown.
USS Neosho (AO-48).
( Art work by IAN HALL )
CATAWBA, T2-SO
The Miramar Ship Index for
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COLINA USMC nr. 145
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ID or IMO No
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2241404 Design : T2
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Year built
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1942
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Name
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COLINA
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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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9930
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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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2 steam turbines, manufactured by Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company, Milwaukee. 12000 B.h.p., 8808 kW. Speed 15 knots
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Power
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8808 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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4358
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Country built
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USA
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Keel
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08.09.1941
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Launch
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24.01.1942
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Completed
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04.05.1942
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Subsequent History
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CATAWBA-1941 Completed for Socony-Vacuum Oil Company, New York, U.S.A.
CATAWBA-1942a Renamed Neosho 18 July.
CATAWBA-1942b Acquired by the Navy, 4 August.
CATAWBA-1942c Converted Naval service at Bethlehem Steel Co., Union Iron Works, San Francisco, CA.
AO-48 NEOSHO-1942 Commissioned USS Neosho (AO-48), 16 September.
AO-48 NEOSHO-1945 Decommissioned, 13 December.
AO-48 NEOSHO-1946 Struck from the Naval Register, 3 January.
AO-48 NEOSHO-1946 Returned to the Maritime Commission, 30 June, at the National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River, Lee Hall, VA.
AO-48 NEOSHO-1947 Sold by the Maritime Commission, 23 June, and renamed SS Tascalusa, returned to the Socony Vacuum Oil Co.
TASCALUSA-1947 for Socony-Vacuum Oil Company, New York, U.S.A.
TASCALUSA-1955 for Socony-Mobil Oil Co., Inc., New York, U.S.A.
TASCALUSA-1958 for Mobil Tankers Co., SA , New York, U.S.A.
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End
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1976
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Disposal Data
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Sold to shipbreakers in Germany. Broken up 7 Oct. 1963 Hamburg. [By Eckhardt & Co.]
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