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Chewaucan
T1-MT-M1
Patapsco Class Gasoline Tanker:
Laid down (date unknown), type (T1-MT-M1) tanker hull, at Cargill Inc., Savage, MN.
Launched, 22 July 1944
Commissioned USS Chewaucan (AOG-50), 19 February 1945
Decommissioned (date unknown)
Struck from the Naval Register, 1 July 1975
Sold under the Security Assistance Program to Colombia, 1 January 1976, renamed ARC Tumaco (BT-7)
Final Disposition, fate unknown
( See photos below )
Specifications:
Displacement 1,850 t.(lt) 4,570 t.(fl)
Length 310' 9"
Beam 48' 6"
Draft 15' 8"
Speed 15.5 kts.
Complement 124 to 68
Armament four 3"/50 dual purpose guns, twelve 20mm guns, reduced to three 3/50s and no 20mm
Cargo Capacity 2,210 DWT
Propulsion four 980 hp GE diesel engines, electric drive, twin shafts, 3,300shp
View the Chewaucan (AOG-50)
DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center web site .
The Miramar Ship Index for "CHEWAUCAN"
IDNo:
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6120943
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Year:
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1945
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Name:
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CHEWAUCAN
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Keel:
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Type:
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Tanker
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Launch Date:
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22.07.1944
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Flag:
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USA
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Date of completion:
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19.02.1945
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Tons:
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2762
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Link:
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-
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DWT:
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2638
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Yard No:
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15
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Length overall:
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94.7
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Ship Design:
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T1-MT-M1
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LPP:
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89.0
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Country of build:
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USA
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Beam:
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14.8
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Builder:
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Cargill
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Material of build:
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Location of yard:
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Savage
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Number of screws/Mchy/Speed(kn):
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2DE-14.5
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|
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Subsequent History:
1976 - Sold under the Security Assistance Program to Colombia, 1 January 1976, renamed ARC Tumaco (BT-7)
Disposal Data:
????
History:
ON
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LR/IMO
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ID
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Year
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Name
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Tons
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Change
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Registered Owner
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AOG-50
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6120943
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1945
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CHEWAUCAN
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2762
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U.S. Navy
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BT-7
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6120943
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1945
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ARC TUMACO
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2762
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1976
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Govt. Colombia
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USS Chewaucan after her launch, July 22nd, 1944.
USS Chewaucan.
USS Chiwaukum (AOG-26) at anchor in Hampton Roads, VA., 20 September 1944. Photo taken by an aircraft assigned toNAS Norfolk. Chiwaukum's camouflage is MS32/8AO and the vertical colors are dull black, ocean gray and light gray.
( Photo thanks to Mike Green )
USS Chewaucan (AOG-50).
USS Chewaucan.
U.S. Navy Oiler, Gasoline USS Chewaucan, 1967.
USS Chewaucan (AOG-50) underway, date and place unknown. US Naval Institute photo.
USS Chewaucan (AOG-50) date and place unknown.
USS Chewaucan (AOG-50) at Suda Bay, Crete, April 1952.
USS Chewaucan (AOG-50) underway, date and place unknown.
USS Chewaucan (AOG-50) 1960.
USS Chewaucan (AOG-50) in the vicinity of Sardinia, fall 1968.
USS Chewaucan (AOG-50) passing under the Cooper River Bridge at Charleston, S.C.
while returning from Med deployment in June 1972
( Photo thanks to John Mac Michael )
USS Chewaucan (AOG-50) at anchor, date and location unknown..
( Photo thanks to Robert Hurst )