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Old Ocean
T1-M-A2
Sequatchie Class Gasoline Tanker:
Laid down as Old Ocean, May 1944, as a Maritime Commission type (T1-M-A2) tanker hull, under a Maritime
Commission contract, at Todd-Galveston Dry Docks Inc., Galveston, TX.;
Launched, 1 December 1943;
Commissioned USS Sakonnet (AOG-61), 20 November 1944;
Decommissioned, 26 October 1945;
Struck from the Naval Register, 13 November 1945
Transferred to the Maritime Commission, (date unknown) for disposal;
Final Disposition, fate unknown.
( No photo available )
Specifications:
Displacement 846 t.(lt) 2,270 t.(fl);
Length 220' 6";
Beam 37';
Draft 13' 1";
Speed 10kts;
Complement 62;
Armament, one single 3"/50 dual purpose gun mount, two 40mm guns, three single 20mm gun mounts;
Cargo DWT 1,228;
Propulsion, diesel direct drive, single screw, 720hp.
View the Sakonnet (AOG-61)
DANFS history entry located at NavSource.