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Gualala
T1-M-A2
Mettawee Class Gasoline Tanker:
Brazilian oiler "Rijo (G-20)", ex. "Gualala ( AOG-28)".
Brazilian oiler "Rijo (G-20)", ex. "Gualala ( AOG-28)".
Brazilian oiler "Rijo (G-20)", ex. "Gualala ( AOG-28)".
Ex-USS "Gualala ( AOG-28)" underway, circa 1948 while in service as the Brazilian oiler "Rijo (G-20)".
Brazilian oiler "Rijo (G-20)", ex. "Gualala ( AOG-28)".
"José Raposa", ex. "Rijo (G-20)", ex. "Gualala ( AOG-28)".( Photo Marcelo Vieira collection )
GUALALA, T1-M-A2
Built by East Coast Shipyards Inc., Bayonne, New Jersey. Yardnumber 10. USMC Nr. 1525.
Keel laid 24-04-1944. Launched 03-06-1944. Completed 19-08-1944.
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. 6118150.
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: NHUV.
History:
1943 - Laid down, as GUALALA, 24 April 1944, as a Maritime Commission type (T1-M-A2) tanker hull, under Maritime Commission (MC hull 1525) contract at East Coast Shipyards Inc., Bayonne, N.J.
1944 - GUALALA Acquired by the Navy from the Maritime Commission, 19 August 1944
1944 - GUALALA (AOG-28) Commissioned, 25 August 1944.
1946 - GUALALA (AOG-28) Decommissioned, 29 March 1946, at Kaiser Shipyard No. 2, Richmond, CA.
1946 - GUALALA (AOG-28) Struck from the Naval Register, 1 May 1946.
1946 - GUALALA (AOG-28) Transferred to the Maritime Commission, 10 September 1946, for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet
1946 - EGUALALA Sold to Brazil, renamed RIJO (G-20).
1970 - RIJO (G-20) Sold to A. Raposo e Companhia, Manaus, Brazil, renamed JOSÉ RAPOSA
CASUALTY REPORTS.
Reported JOSÉ RAPOSA sold to shipbreakers in Brazil. Arrived breakers yard 1970 to be broken up.
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"Gualala", Status Card.