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Oconee
T1-M-A2
Mettawee Class Gasoline Tanker:
"Esso Rio Grande", ex. "Oconee".( Photo Captain C. E. Dufriche )
OCONEE, T1-M-A2
Built by East Coast Shipyards Inc., Bayonne, New Jersey. Yardnumber 16. USMC Nr. 1531.
Keel laid 18-10-1944. Launched 19-11-1944. Completed 23-12-1944.
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. 5279204.
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: NHVM.
History:
1943 - Laid down, as OCONEE, 18 October 1944, as a Maritime Commission type (T1-M-A2) tanker hull, under Maritime Commission (MC hull 1531) contract at East Coast Shipyards Inc., Bayonne, N.J.
1944 - OCONEE Acquired by the Navy from the Maritime Commission, 23 December 1944.
1944 - OCONEE (AOG-34) Commissioned, 23 December 1944.
1946 - OCONEE (AOG-34) Decommisioned, 28 March 1946.
1946 - OCONEE (AOG-34) Struck from the Naval Register, 1 May 1946.
1946 - OCONEE Transferredto the Maritime Commission, 1 July 1946, for disposal
1947 - OCONEE Sold for commercial service, 25 April 1947, to Brasilmar Meridional de Navegacão Ltda., Rio de Janeiro, Brazil for $225,000.00, renamed M/V ESSO RIO GRANDE, reflagged Brazilian.
1949 - ESSO RIO GRANDE company renamed Brasilmar Meridional de Nav Ltda., Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
1957 - ESSO RIO GRANDE renamed as PIRATINI.
1978 - PIRATINI company renamed Brasilmar Nav SA, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
CASUALTY REPORTS.
Reported Piratini Laid Up abandoned at Porto Alegre.
Reported Piratini sold to shipbreakers in Brazil. Arrived breakers yard nov 2003 to be broken up.
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