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Tavern / Tonti
T1-M-BT2
Tonti Class Gasoline Tanker:
Laid down as Tavern, 16 May 1945, a Maritime Commission type (T1-M-BT2) tanker hull, under Maritime
Commission contract (MC hull 2648) at Todd-Houston Shipbuilding Corp., Houston, TX.
Launched, 23 August 1945
Completed December 1945, renamed Tonti and delivered to the Maritime Commission;
Laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Orange, TX.
Leased, 24 June 1948 to Marine Transport Lines, Inc. for operation for the Naval Transportation Service (NTS)
Assigned to the Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS), 1 October 1949 and placed in service
as USNS Tonti (T-AOG-76)
Placed out of service in July 1960 for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet
Transferred to Colombia, 13 January 1965, renamed Mamonal (BT-62)
Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown)
Final Disposition, scrapped in 1975.
( See photos below )
Specifications:
Displacement 2,022 t.(lt)
Length 325'
Beam 48'
Draft 19'
Speed 10 kts. (fl)
Complement 38
Armament none
Cargo Capacity 30,000bbls
Propulsion diesel, single propeller, 1,700 shp.
View the Tonti (T-AOG-76)
DANFS history entry located at Navsource.
Ex-Tonti (T-AOG-76) underway in Colombian service as ARC Mamonal (BT-62), date unknown
US Navy Oiler, Gasoline USS Tonti (AOG-76), August 1957.