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Tetonkaha
T1-M-A2
Mettawee Class Gasoline Tanker
USS Tetonkaha (AOG-41).
"Maumee Sun", ex. "USS Tetonkaha (AOG-41)".( Photo Wm. A. Schell )
Ex-Tetonkaha (AOG-41) underway while in commercial service as the Sun Oil Company's "Maumee Sun" in
Boston harbor off Castle Island, circa 11 July 1964.
TETONCAHA, Type T1-M-A2.
Built by East Coast Shipyards Inc., Bayonne, New Jersey. Yardnumber 23.
Keel laid 27-9-1944. Launched 29-10-1944. Completed 8-12-1944. Official nr. 255695.
Gr. 1139 t., Net. 712 t., Dw. 1368 t. L.o.a. 67,23 m., Br. 11,49 m., Dr. 3,92 m.
Lloyds Register (IMO) or ID number 522969_.
Engine: 4SA 8 cyl 368 x 508 oil engine, manufactured by National Supply Company, Springfield, Missouri. 814 B.h.p., 607 kW. Speed 10 knots. 12 Tanks. Derrick: 1 x 3 t. Call sign:
History:
1944 - Laid down, 27 September 1944, as TETONCAHA as a Maritime Commission type (T1-M-A2) tanker hull, under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 2067) at East Coast Shipyards Inc., Bayonne, N.J.
1944 - TETONCAHA (AOG-41), Commissioned 8 December 1944
1946 - TETONCAHA (AOG-41), Decommissioned, 22 January 1946, at Mare Island, CA.
1946 - TETONCAHA (AOG-41), Struck from the Naval Register, 12 March 1946.
1946 - TETONCAHA (AOG-41), Custody transferred to the Maritime Commission, for disposal, 1 July 1946.
1948 - TETONCAHA (AOG-41), Sold by the Maritime Commission to the Sun Oil Co., Philadelphia, PA., and renamed MAUMEE SUN.
LibreOffice/7.4.1.2$Windows_X86_64 LibreOffice_project/3c58a8f3a960df8bc8fd77b461821e42c061c5f0Default Page Style;Reported Maumee Sun was involved in collision in Hog Island Channel, west of Cape Cod Canal 23 nov 1965 and heavy damaged. Repaired and resumed trading. Reported Maumee Sun sold to shipbreakers in USA. Arrived Baltimore feb 1972 to be broken up.
CASUALTY REPORTS.
1965 - Reported MAUMEE SUN in collision (AMERICAN PILOT) Hog Island Channel, W. Cape Cod Canal 23.11.1965.
1972 - Reported MAUMEE SUN, scrapped at Baltimore 02.1972.
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