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Esso Delivery No. 11 (I) - (1938-1943)
"Esso Delivery No. 11", was built in 1938. Handed over to the US Navy as "Aroostook (AOG-14)".
Sold in 1945 to the French Navy as "Lac Pavin". Scrapped in 1953.
"Esso Delivery No. 11", seen here as "Aroostook (AOG-14)", circa April 1943.
"Esso Delivery No. 11", seen here as "Aroostook (AOG-14)", circa April 1943.
"Esso Delivery No. 11", seen here as "Aroostook (AOG-14)", circa April 1943.
The Miramar Ship Index for "ESSO DELIVERY No. 11"
IDNo:
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2236994
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Year:
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1938
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Name:
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ESSO DELIVERY No. 11
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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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08.12.1937
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Flag:
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USA
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Date of completion:
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02.1938
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DWT:
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Yard No:
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367
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Length overall:
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Ship Design:
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LPP:
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65.8
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Country of build:
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USA
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Beam:
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13.3
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Builder:
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Newport News SB
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Material of build:
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Location of yard:
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Newport News
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Number of screws/Mchy/Speed(kn):
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1DE-9.5
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Subsequent History:
1943 AROOSTOOK - 1945 LAC PAVIN
Disposal Data:
Scrapped in France 1953.
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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236994
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2236994
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1938
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ESSO DELIVERY No. 11
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1707
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Standard Oil Co (New Jersey)
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AOG-14
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2236994
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1938
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AROOSTOOK
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1707
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1943
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U.S. Navy
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|
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2236994
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1938
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LAC PAVIN
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1707
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1945
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French Navy
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Additional information :
Aroostook Class Gasoline Tanker:
Laid down, as the motor tank barge Esso Delivery No.11, at Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry
Dock, Co., Newport News, VA.;
Launched, 8 December 1937;
Delivered to the Standard Oil Co., of New Jersey, 8 February 1938;
Acquired by the Navy, 1 April 1943;
Converted for Naval service at the Key Highway plant of Bethlehem Steel Corp., Baltimore, MD.;
Commissioned USS Aroostook (AOG-14), 18 April 1943, at Baltimore;
Decommissioned, 18 January 1945 at Bizerte, Algeria;
Transferred to France under terms of the lend-lease program, 19 January 1945, and renamed Lac Pavin;
Sold outright to France, 21 March 1949;
Struck from the Naval Register, (date unknown);
Final Disposition, scrapped, 1953.
Specifications:
Displacement 1,707 t.;
Length 260' 6";
Beam 43' 6";
Draft 15' 11";
Speed 10.5kts;
Armament, one single 3"/50 dual purpose gun mount, four 20mm guns;
Propulsion, diesel-electric, single propeller.