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Kanawha
T1-M-A2
Mettawee Class Gasoline Tanker:
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KANAWHA, T1-M-A2
Built by East Coast Shipyards Inc., Bayonne, New Jersey. Yardnumber 13. USMC Nr. 1528.
Keel laid 30-08-1944. Launched 18-10-1944. Completed 13-11-1944.
Gr. 1220 t., Net. 856 t., Dw. 1475 t.
L.o.a. 68,68 m., Br. 11,39 m., Dr. 4,06 m. Lloyds Register (IMO) or ID nr. 6118205.
Engine: 5 cyl 2SA 405 x 520 oil engine, manufactured by Fairbanks, Morse & Company, Beloit, Wisconsin. 790 B.h.p., 589 kW.
Speed 10 knots. 12 Tanks. Derrick: 1 x 3 t. Call sign: NHVG.
History:
1943 - Laid down, as KANAWHA, 30 August 1944, as a Maritime Commission type (T1-M-A2) tanker hull, under Maritime Commission (MC hull 1528) contract at East Coast Shipyards Inc., Bayonne, N.J.
1944 - KANAWHA Acquired by the Navy from the Maritime Commission, 13 November 1944.
1944 - KANAWHA (AOG-31) Commissioned, 23 November 1944.
1946 - KANAWHA (AOG-31) Decommissioned, 23 March 1946, at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, CA.
1946 - KANAWHA (AOG-31) Struck from the Naval Register, 17 April 1946.
1946 - KANAWHA , 4 September 1946, for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay, Benecia, CA.
1947 - KANAWHA Transferred, 4 September 1946, for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay, Benecia, CA.
1964 - KANAWHA Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 7 February 1964, to National Metal and Steel Corp. (PD-X-657 dated 14 January 1964) for $13,560.44, withdrawn from the Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet and delivered to National Metal and Steel Corp., 2 March 1964.
CASUALTY REPORTS.
Reported Kanawha sold to shipbreakers in USA. Arrived Terminal Islands apr 1964 to be broken up.
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