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T2-SE-A1
Suamico Class Fleet Oiler:
 
USNS Cowanesque (AO-79) at anchor, date and place unknown.
 
USS Cowanesque (AO-79) underway near Baltimore, MD., 6 May 1943,
after completing conversion for naval service there.
( Photo thanks to Mike Green )
 
USS Cowanesque (AO-79) at anchor, date and location unknown.
( Photo thanks to Mike Green )

AO-79 COWANESQUE, T2-SE-A1
History :
Built by Sun Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co., Chester, Pennsylvania.
Yardnumber 315. UMSC No. 308. Official nr. AO-79.
Keel laid 23-11-1942. Launched 11-03-1943. Completed 01-05-1943. Gr. 10198 t., Net. 6236 t., Dw. 16613 t. L.o.a. 159,57 m., Br. 20,78 m., Dr. 9,31 m. Engine: 2 steam turbines, manufactured by General Electric Company, Lynn, Massachussetts. 7240 B.h.p., 5401 kW. Speed 15 knots. 26 Tanks.
History:
Launched as FORT DUQUESNE for United States War Shipping Administration, Philadelphia, USA.
AO-79 COWANESQUE-1943 Acquired by the Navy, 25 March 1943.
AO-79 COWANESQUE-1943 Commissioned,by the Navy, 1 May 1943.
AO-79 COWANESQUE-1946 Decommissioned, 30 January 1946, at Richmond, CA.
AO-79 COWANESQUE-1946 Struck from the Naval Register, 25 February 1946.
AO-79 COWANESQUE-1946 Transferred to the Maritime Commission for lay up in the AO-79 COWANESQUE-1946 National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay, Benecia, CA., 30 June 1946.
AO-79 COWANESQUE-1948 Reacquired and reinstated in the Naval Register, 18 January 1948.
AO-79 COWANESQUE-1948 Placed in service with the Naval Transportation Service (NTS).
T-AO-79 COWANESQUE-1972 transferred to the custody of the Military Sea Transportation Service, 1 October 1949 and placed in service as USNS Cowanesque (T-AO-79).
T-AOT-79 COWANESQUE-19?? Reclassified Transport Oiler (T-AOT-79), date unknown
T-AOT-79 COWANESQUE-19?? Placed out of service and struck from the Naval Register, date unknown.
Additional Reports:
Reported Cowanesque sold, while moored at Sasebo, Japan, to shipbreakers in Taiwan. Arrived Sep. 1972 to be broken up. [ By Great China Steel Enterprise, Ltd.