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Kalamazoo
T1-M-A2
Mettawee Class Gasoline Tanker:
ARC "Blas de Lezo (BT-62)", ex. "Kalamazoo (AOG-30)".
Ex-Kalamazoo (AOG-30) underway, circa 1948 while in Columbian service as
ARC Blas de Lezo (BT-62)
KALAMAZOO, T1-M-A2
Built by East Coast Shipyards Inc., Bayonne, New Jersey. Yardnumber 12. USMC Nr. 1527.
Keel laid 07-07-1944. Launched 30-08-1944. Completed 15-10-1944.
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. 6118205.
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: NHVZ.
History:
1943 - Laid down, as KALAMAZOO, 3 July 1944, as a Maritime Commission type (T1-M-A2) tanker hull, under Maritime Commission (MC hull 1527) contract at East Coast Shipyards Inc., Bayonne, N.J.
1944 - KALAMAZOO Acquired by the Navy from the Maritime Commission, 7 October 1944
1944 - KALAMAZOO (AOG-30) Commissioned, 14 October 1944.
1946 - KALAMAZOO (AOG-30) Decommissioned, 18 May 1946, at Mobile, AL.
1946 - KALAMZAOO Transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal.
1947 - KALAMAZOO Transferred, 26 November 1947, to Colombia, renamed ARC BLAS DE LEZO (BT-62).
1965 - ARC BLAS DE LEZO (BT-62) Final Disposition, fate unknown.
CASUALTY REPORTS.
Reported Blas de Lezo deleted in 1965, no further info.
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