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Manatee
T3-S2-A1
Cimmeron Class Fleet Oiler:
Laid down (date unknown), as a Maritime Commission type (T3-S2-A1) tanker hull, under Maritime
Commission contract (MC hull 724) at Bethlehem Steel Shipyard, Sparrows Point, MD.
Launched, 21 October 1943
Commissioned USS Manatee (AO-58), 12 February 1944
Decommissioned in July 1973
Struck from the Naval Register, 14 August 1973
Transferred to the Maritime Administration for disposal
Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 10 December 1973, to Zidell Exploration, Portland, OR.
( See photos below )
Specifications:
Displacement 7,236 t.(lt) 25,440 t.(fl)
Length 553'
Beam 75'
Draft 32'
Speed 18 kts.
Complement 314
Armament one single 5"/38 dual purpose gun mount, four single 3"/50 dual purpose gun mounts,
four twin 40mm gun mounts, four twin 20mm gun mounts
Cargo Capacity 146,000 barrels
Propulsion geared turbines, twin screws, 30,400hp
View the Manatee (AO-58)
DANFS History entry located on the Hyperwar US Navy In WWII Web Site.
The Miramar Ship Index for "MANATEE"
IDNo:
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6119546
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Year:
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1944
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Name:
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MANATEE
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Keel:
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28.08.1943
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Type:
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Tanker
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Launch Date:
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18.02.1944
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Flag:
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USA
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Date of completion:
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06.04.1944
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Tons:
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12155
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Link:
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-
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DWT:
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18230
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Yard No:
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4404
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Length overall:
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168.6
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Ship Design:
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T3-S2-A1
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LPP:
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160.0
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Country of build:
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USA
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Beam:
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22.9
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Builder:
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Bethlehem-Sparrows Point SY
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Material of build:
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Location of yard:
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Sparrows Point
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Number of screws/Mchy/Speed(kn):
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2ST-18
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|
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Subsequent History:
-
Disposal Data:
Sold for scrapping, 10 December 1973.
History:
ON
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LR/IMO
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ID
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Year
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Name
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Tons
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Change
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Registered Owner
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AO-58
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6119546
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1944
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MANATEE
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12155
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-
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U.S. Navy
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View form USS Bausell (DD-845) of USS Manatee (AO-58) after the destroyer has broken away from the oiler following an underway
replenishment while in Gulf of Tonkin, July 1967.
( Photo thanks to Larry Backus )
USS Manatee (AO-58) outbound to sea from Long Beach CA., date unknown.( Photo thanks to Mike Smolinski )
USS Manatee (AO-58) in 1944.
( Photo thanks to Mike Cotting )
USS Manatee (AO-58) conducts an under way replenishment, 3 February 1945, with USS Wilkes Barre (CL-103) aunit of the Fast Carrier Task Group 58.3, 20 Feb 1945.
( Photo thanks to John Chiquoine )
USS Manatee (AO-58) at San Diego, CA, circa 1949-1950.
USS Manatee (AO-58)San Diego, CA, circa 1949-1950.
USS Manatee (AO-58) pierside, Sasebo, Japan, date unknown.
Tanker supply ship USS Manatee (AO-58) arrives in Sydney Harbour for Coral Sea Week,1963.
USS Manatee (AO-58).
USS Manatee (AO-58), at anchor at San Diego, September 1960.
USS Manatee (AO-58), at Subic Bay, P.I., 1969.
( Photo thanks to Rick Davis )
USS Manatee (AO-58), underway in the Gulf of Tonkin, 1967.
( Photo thanks to Richard Miller )
MARAD's official repository of NDRF ships of Manatee
From the Department of Transportation / Maritime Administration (USA).