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Narraguagas
T1-M-A2
Mettawee Class Gasoline Tanker:
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NARRAGUAGAS, T1-M-A2
Built by East Coast Shipyards Inc., Bayonne, New Jersey. Yardnumber 14. USMC Nr. 1529.
Keel laid 30-08-1944. Launched 15-10-1944. Completed 02-12-1944.
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. 5314171.
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: NHVI.
History:
1943 - Laid down, as NARRAGUAGAS, 30 August 1944, as a Maritime Commission type (T1-M-A2) tanker hull, under Maritime Commission (MC hull 1529) contract at East Coast Shipyards Inc., Bayonne, N.J.
1944 - NARRAGUAGAS Acquired by the Navy from the Maritime Commission, 20 November 1944.
1944 - NARRAGUAGAS (AOG-32) Commissioned, 2 December 1944.
1946 - NARRAGUAGAS (AOG-32) Decommisioned, 5 March 1946, at San Pedro, CA.
1946 - NARRAGUAGAS (AOG-32) Struck from the Naval Register, 12 April 1946.
1946 - KANAWHA , 4 September 1946, for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay, Benecia, CA.
1947 - NARRAGUAGAS Transferred, June 1947, for disposal.
1947 - NARRAGUAGAS Sold by the Maritime Commission to Compania de Petroleo Lago, Maracaibo, Venezuela, renamed ESSO MARACAIBO.
1956 - ESSO MARACAIBO Sold to D. Yaracuy, Maracaibo, Venezuela, renamed as YURTIA.
1961 - YURTIA Sold to Transpetroleo Corporation, Monrovia, Liberia, renamed as SARITA.
CASUALTY REPORTS.
Reported Sarita sold to shipbreakers in Ecuador. Arrived breakers yard 1970 to be broken up.
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