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Caddo (I)
T2-SO
Kennebec Class Fleet Oiler:
Laid down as Caddo, September 1940, a Maritime Commission type (T2) tanker hull, under
Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 143), at Bethlehem Steel Shipyard, Sparrows Point, MD;
Launched, (01.07.1941);
Acquired by the Navy, (date unknown);
Commissioned USS Merrimack (AO-37), 4 February 1942;
Decommissioned, 8 February 1950;
Laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Texas Group, Orange, TX;
Recommissioned, 6 December 1950;
Decommissioned, 20 December 1954 at San Diego, CA;
Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, San Diego;
Struck from the Naval Register, 4 February 1959;
Transferred, to the Maritime Administration for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Beaumont, TX;
Final Disposition, disposed of by MARAD exchange, 19 March 1982, fate unknown.
( See photo below )
Specifications:
Displacement 6,013 t.(lt) 21,077 t.(fl);
Length 501' 5";
Beam 68';
Draft 30' 2";
Speed 16.5kts;
Complement 214;
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;
Capacity 134,000 barrels;
Propulsion, geared turbine, single screw, 12,000hp.
Ship Report for "CADDO (1)"
IDNo:
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2241020
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Year:
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1941
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Name:
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CADDO
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Launch Date:
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01.07.1941
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Type:
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Tanker
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Date of completion:
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10.1941
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Flag:
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USA
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Keel:
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09.40
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DWT:
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15850
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Yard No:
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4354
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Length overall:
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152.9
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Ship Design:
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T2
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LPP:
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148.7
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Country of build:
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USA
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Beam:
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20.7
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Builder:
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Bethlehem
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Material of build:
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Location of yard:
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Sparrow's Point
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Number of screws/Mchy/Speed(kn):
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1ST-16.5
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|
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Owner as Completed:
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Socony-Vacuum Oil Co., Inc., New York
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Subsequent History:
1942 MERRIMACK
Disposal Data:
Scrapped at Hamburg 2quarter 1982.
History :
ON
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ID
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Year
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Name
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Tons
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Name change
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Main Owner
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241020
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2241020
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1941
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CADDO
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9890
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Socony-Vacuum Oil Co., Inc.
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AO-37
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2241763
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1941
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MERRIMACK
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9890
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1942
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US Navy
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"Caddo (1)".
"Caddo (1)".
U.S. Naval olier "Merrimack", ex. "Caddo (I)".
"Caddo (I)".
( Collection Jullian Lelliott )
The U.S. Naval olier "Merrimack", 15,900 tons d.w. Built as the "Caddo" for the Socony-Vacuum Oil Co.,
she was one of six 16 1/2-knotters built 1941-2 by the Bethlehem Steel Co. Length o.a. 501 ft., beam
mid. 61 ft. Geared turbines and watertube boilers, 12,000 s.h.p.
U.S. Navy Oiler USS Merrimack (AO-37), ex. "Caddo (I)", refueling an Essex class aircraft
carrier and a Fletcher class destroyer during operations off Japan, July 1945.
"USS Merrimack (AO-37)".
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