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Corsicana (1) - (1941-1942)
See also CORSICANA (1) as : USS Kennebec (AO-36)
See also : National Defence Featured Tanker Corsicana & The Drawings of the National Defence Featured Tanker Corsicana
Launch of the first "Corsicana".
Bethlehem Launches S. S. Corsicana at Sparrows Point Yard
At one o'clock noon, April 19, the Corsicana, latest addition to the fleet of Socony-Vacuum Oil Company, slid down the ways at the Sparrows Point, Maryland, Yard of Bethlehem Steel Company. Mrs. Edwy Roife Brown was the spon-sor.
The Corsicana, the keel of which was laid on August 12, 1940, has a deadweight of 16,000 tons and a tank capacity of 129,000 barrels, or 5,418,000 gallons of oil. The cargo space is divided into 24 compartments, allowing many different grades of oil to be carried at one time. Pumping capacity is designed to load or unload the vessel in about 16 hours.
The principal dimensions of the Corsicana are as follows:
Length, overall, 501 ft. 4 1/2 in.
breadth, molded, 68 ft.
depth, molded, 37 ft.
draft, loaded, 29 ft. 8 1/2 in.
The new tanker is a single screw vessel equipped with steam turbines. Steam is supplied by two oil-fired water tube boilers.
Extensive use of welding and application of the Bethlehem-Frear system of construction to longitudinals and bulk-heads have produced a light, yet strong framing with a substantial increase in paying deadweight for the given dis-placements. The vessel is of the conventional tanker appearance with separate forecastle, midship navigation bridge, and poop, connected by the usual cat walk. Raked stem and cruiser stern give the vessel a pleasing ship-shape appearance.
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The first T2-tanker named "Corsicana (1)" (1941, 9.900 brt), August 16th, 1941, source, location unknown.
The first T2-tanker named "Corsicana (1)" (1941, 9.900 brt), August 16th, 1941, source, location unknown.
The first T2-tanker named "Corsicana (1)" (1941, 9.900 brt), 1941, source and location unknown.
"Corsicana (1)", date and place unknown.
U.S. Navy Oiler USS Kennebec (AO-36) ex. "Corsicana (1)", no date.
T2-SO
HISTORY :
CORSICANA (1).
Yardnr. 4353. USMC nr. 142. Official nr. 240844.
Keel laid ??-03-1940. Launched 19-04-1941. Completed 18-08-1941. Gr. 9890 t., Net. 5928 t., Dw. 15850 t. L.o.a. 159,57 m., Br. 20,78 m., Dr. 9,19 m. Engine: 2 steam turbines, manufactured by Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company, Milwaukee. 12000 B.h.p., 8808 kW. Speed 15 knots. 26 tanks.
History:
CORSICANA (1)-1941 completed for Socony-Vacuum Oil Company, New York, U.S.A.
CORSICANA (1)-1942 Acquired by the Navy, 13 January.
CORSICANA (1)-1942 Commissioned USS Kennebec (AO-36), 4 February.
AO-36 KENNEBEC-1950 Decommissioned, 4 September, at San Diego, CA., laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet
AO-36 KENNEBEC-1951 Recommissioned, 11 January, at Oakland, CA.
AO-36 KENNEBEC-1954 Decommissioned, 25 September, at San Diego, CA. laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, San Diego Group.
AO-36 KENNEBEC-1956 Recommissioned, 14 December.
AO-36 KENNEBEC-1957 Decommissioned, 31 October
AO-36 KENNEBEC-1959 Struck from the Naval Register, 14 January, Transferred to the Maritime Administration (MARAD) for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet.
AO-36 KENNEBEC-1961 Reacquired by the Navy and recommissioned, 16 December.
AO-36 KENNEBEC-1970 Decommissioned, 29 June 1970, at Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility, Mare Island, Vallejo, CA.
AO-36 KENNEBEC-1976 Struck from the Naval Register, 15 July, transferred to the Maritime Administration (MARAD) for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet
Additional Reports :
AO-36 Kennebec broken up in 1982, at San Jose, Cal., 14.05.1982. [ By Levin Metals Corp. ]
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The Miramar Ship Index for
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CORSICANA
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IDNo / IMO
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2240844
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Year
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1941
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Name
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CORSICANA
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Flag
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USA
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Owner
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Socony-Vacuum Oil Co., Inc., New York
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Type
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Tanker
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Tons
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9890
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DWT
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15850
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LOA
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152.9
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LPP
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148.7
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Beam
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20.7
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Dept
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11.28
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Draft
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9.04
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Machinery
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1ST-16.5
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kW
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8832
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ShipDesign
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T2
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Builder
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Bethlehem-Sparrows Point SY
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Yard
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Sparrows Point
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Yard No
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4353
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Country built
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USA
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Keel
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??.08.1940
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Launch
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19.04.1941
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Completed
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18.08.1941
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Subsequent History
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1942 KENNEBEC - U.S. Navy, USA
1942 KENNEBEC - U.S. Govt., USA
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End
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1982
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Disposal Data
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Scrapped San Jose, Cal., 14.05.1982. [ By Levin Metals Corp. ]
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