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Esso Porto Alegro - (1947-1970)
USS Escatawpa (AOG-27) underway in the vicinity of Hampton Roads, VA., 3 October 1944.
Photographed from an aircraft based at NAS Norfolk, VA. Escatawpa's camouflage is Measure
32, Design 8AO.
US Navy photo # NH 99534 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center
"Esso Porto Alegre" at Governador Island in the Guanara Bay near Rio de Janeiro.
"Esso Porto Alegro", ex. "Escatawpa"
( Photo Copyright Carlos Dufriche )
Laid down (date unknown), as a Maritime Commission type (T1-M-A2) tanker hull,
under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 1524) at East Coast Shipyards Inc., Bayonne, N.J.
Launched, 3 June 1944
Commissioned USS Escatawpa (AOG-27), 14 August 1944, with a Coast Guard crew
Decommissioned, 20 March 1946, at San Francisco, CA.
Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown)
Transferred to the Maritime Commission for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet
Sold for commercial service in April 1947 to a Brazilian firm Final Disposition, sunk in 1970
Displacement 846 t.(lt) 2,270 t.(fl)
Length 220' 6"
Beam 37'
Draft 17'
Speed 10 kts.
Complement 62
Armament one single 3"/50 dual purpose gun mount, two 40mm guns, three single 20mm gun mounts
Cargo Capacity 1,228 DWT
Propulsion diesel direct drive, single screw, 720hp.
ESCATAWPA - 1944, US, 1M (aft)
1,134 GRT for U. S. Navy (AOG-27), 213.8 x 37.1
Tanker built by East Coast Shipyards, Inc., Bayonne, N.J., (8/44), #9
03/1946 - U. S. Maritime Commission
1946 - ESSO PORTO ALEGRE, Cia. Maritima Brasileira, Rio de Janeiro, BZ
1949 - Brasilmar Meridional de Navegação, Ltda., Rio de Janeiro
1957 - GRAVATAI, s/o
Stranded and sank, 28 Sep 1970, in bad weather, near Campo Bom beach, Santa Catarina,
voyage Canoas, Rio Grande do Sul - Itajai, petrol.
The Miramar Ship Index for "ESCATAWPA"
IDNo:
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5135240
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Year:
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1944
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Name:
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ESCATAWPA
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Keel:
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Type:
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Tanker
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Launch Date:
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03.06.1944
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Flag:
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USA
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Date of completion:
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18.08.1944
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DWT:
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1453
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Yard No:
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9
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Length overall:
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67.2
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Ship Design:
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T1-M-A2
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LPP:
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65.1
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Country of build:
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USA
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Beam:
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11.3
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Builder:
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East Coast SY
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Material of build:
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Location of yard:
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Bayonne, NJ.
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Number of screws/Mchy/Speed(kn):
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1D-10
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Subsequent History:
1946 ESSO PORTO ALEGRE - 1957 GRAVATAI
Disposal Data:
Wrecked near Campo Bom, Santa Catarina on 28.09.1970. [ Canoas-Itajai, petrol ]
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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Main Owner
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AOG-27
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6117818
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1944
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ESCATAWPA
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1134
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U.S. Navy
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6117818
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1944
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ESSO PORTO ALEGRE
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1134
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1946
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Cia. Maritima Brasileira
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|
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6117818
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1944
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GRAVATAI
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1134
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1957
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Brasilmar Meridional de Navegação, Ltda.
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