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Ascalusa - (1963-1963)
See ASCALUSA as : Catawba - (1941-1942) & USS Neosho (AO-48) & Tascalusa (2) - (1947-1963)
 
"Ascalusa" seen here as USS "Neosho (AO-48)", date and place unknown.

HISTORY :
CATAWBA.
Yardnr. 4356. USMC nr. 145. Official nr. 241358.
Keel laid 8-7-1941. Launched 23-12-1941. Completed 15-2-1941. Gr. 9920 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:
CATAWBA-1941 completed for Socony-Vacuum Oil Company, New York, U.S.A.
CATAWBA-1942 Renamed Neosho 18 July.
CATAWBA-1942 Acquired by the Navy, 4 August.
CATAWBA-1942 Converted Naval service at Bethlehem Steel Co., Union Iron Works, San Francisco, CA.
AO-48 NEOSHO-1942 Commissioned USS Neosho (AO-48), 16 September.
AO-48 NEOSHO-1945 Decommissioned, 13 December.
AO-48 NEOSHO-1946 Struck from the Naval Register, 3 January.
AO-48 NEOSHO-1946 Returned to the Maritime Commission, 30 June, at the National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River, Lee Hall, VA.
AO-48 NEOSHO-1947 Sold by the Maritime Commission, 23 June, and renamed SS Tascalusa, returned to the Socony Vacuum Oil Co.
TASCALUSA-1947 for Socony-Vacuum Oil Company, New York, U.S.A.
TASCALUSA-1955 for Socony-Mobil Oil Co., Inc., New York, U.S.A.
TASCALUSA-1958 for Mobil Tankers Co., SA , New York, U.S.A.
Additional Reports :
Reported Ascalusa sold to shipbreakers in Germany. Broken up 7 Oct. 1963 Hamburg. [ By Eckhardt & Co. ]

The Miramar Ship Index for
CATAWBA
IDNo / IMO
5353165
Year
1942
Name
CATAWBA
Flag
USA
Owner
Socony-Vacuum Oil Co Inc., New York
Type
Tanker
Tons
9930
DWT
15850
LOA
152.9
LPP
148.7
Beam
20.7
Dept
11.28
Draft
9.04
Machinery
1ST-16.5
kW
8832 kW
ShipDesign
T2
Builder
Bethlehem-Sparrows Point SY
Yard
Sparrows Point
Yard No
4356
Country built
USA
Keel
08.07.1941
Launch
23.12.1941
Completed
12.02.1942
Subsequent History
1942 NEOSHO - U.S.Navy, USA
1946 CATAWBA - U.S.Govt., USA
1947 TASCALUSA - Socony-Vacuum Oil Co Inc., USA New York
1955 TASCALUSA - Socony-Mobil Oil Co Inc., USA New York
1958 TASCALUSA - Mobil Tankers Co SA, PAN Panama
1963 Reported ASCALUSA sold to shipbreakers in Germany.
End
1963
Disposal Data
Scrapped Hamburg 07.10.1963. [ By Eckhardt & Co.]