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Colina / Kankakee
See also USS KANKAKEE (AO-39) as : Colina
Type : T2-SO
"Colina (1)" docked after delivery and acquired by the US Navy, March 31st, 1942.
USS Kankakee (AO-39).
( US Navy photo )
USS Kankakee (AO-39) from the port side at San Pedro, California on August 21, 1944, wearing camouflage 32/6AO.(Photo source: NARA)
USS Kankakee (AO-39) again at San Pedro on August 21, 1944, wearing camouflage 32/6AO. Note the distictive sawtooth of Design 6AO.(Photo source: NARA)
Forward port quarter view of Kankakee (AO-39) departing Mare Island, 23 August 1942.
Kankakee was undergoing repairs at Mare Island from 14 July to 23 August 1942.
( Photo collection Darryl Baker )
Broadside view of Kankakee (AO-39) off Mare Island, 23 August 1942.
( Photo collection Darryl Baker )
Aft port quarter view of Kankakee (AO-39) departing Mare Island, 23 August 1942.
( Photo collection Darryl Baker )
USS Kankakee (AO-39) put back into commission, at East Boston, Mystic River, June 1962.
( Photo Richard Leonhardt )
USS Kankakee (AO-39) refueling Wasp (CVS-18) in the North Atlantic, circa 1966-67.
( Photo Ben Brooks )
USS Kankakee (AO-39) underway in very cold conditions, date and place unknown.
USS Kankakee (AO-39) date and place unknown.
USS Kankakee (AO-39) date and place unknown.
USS Kankakee (AO-39) at anchor, date and location unknown.
( Photo thanks to Richard Miller )
USS Kankakee (AO-39) refueling USS Wasp (CVS-18) in the North Atlantic, circa 1967-68.( Photo thanks to Ben Brooks and Richard Miller )
COLINA, T2-SO
The Miramar Ship Index for
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COLINA USMC nr. 146.
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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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Completed for Socony-Vacuum Oil Company, New York, U.S.A.
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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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COLINA-1942a Completed for Socony-Vacuum Oil Co., New York, U.S.A.
COLINA-1942b Acquired by the Navy, 31 March.
COLINA-1942c Commissioned USS Kankakee (AO-39), 4 May.
AO-39 KANKAKEE-1946 assigned to the Naval Overseas Transportation Service (NOTS), 26 February.
AO-39 KANKAKEE-1949 assigned to the Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS), 1 October.
AO-39 KANKAKEE-1955 decommissioned, 30 November1955, at Philadelphia, PA., and laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet.
AO-39 KANKAKEE-1956 recommissioned, 20 December and assigned to MSTS.
AO-39 KANKAKEE-1957 decommissioned, 4 November, at New York, N.Y., struck from the Naval Register, transferred to the Maritime Administration (MARAD), 21 November, for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Beaumont, TX.
AO-39 KANKAKEE-1959 deacquired and placed in reserve, 1 February 1959
AO-39 KANKAKEE-1961 recommissioned, 29 November at New Orleans.LA.
AO-39 KANKAKEE-1968 decommissioned, transferred to the Maritime Administration, 27 November, for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River Group, Lee Hall, VA.
AO-39 KANKAKEE-1973 struck from the Naval Register, 1 January.
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End
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1976
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Disposal Data
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Sold to shipbreakers in USA. Arrived Brownsville, Texas, May 1976 to be brken up. [By Luria Bros. & Co., Inc.]
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