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T2, Tankers built by Bethlehem Steel Co., Sparrows Point MD
Conastoga (1) / Lackawanna
See also USS LACKAWANNA (AO-40) as : Conastoga & Tatarrax

Type : T2-SO
 
 USS Lackawanna (AO-40) at anchor, possibly circa 1943, location unknown   Photo thanks to Mike Green.
 USS Lackawanna (AO-40) at anchor, possibly circa 1943, location unknown. Source photo unknown. Photo thanks to John Chiquoine.
 
USS Lackawanna (AO-40) at anchor, date and location unknown. Photo thanks to Dianne Thomas for her father Robert Lyle Miles.
 
USS Lackawanna (AO-40) in San Francisco Bay after her return from the Western Pacific in October 1945
 
"Tatarrax", ex. "Conastoga", ex. "Lackawanna", ex. "Conastoga (1)", in service for Socony-Vacuum Oil Co., source, date and location unknown.
 "Tatarrax", ex. "Conastoga", ex. "Lackawanna", ex. "Conastoga (1)", date and location unknown. Photo thanks to Edward O. Clark.
 "Tatarrax", ex. "Conastoga", ex. "Lackawanna", ex. "Conastoga (1)", source, date and location unknown.

CANASTOGA (1), T2-SO
HISTORY :
Built by Bethlehem Steel Co., Sparrows Point MD.
Yardnr. 4358. USMC nr. 147. Official nr. 241823.
Keel laid 27-12-1941. Launched 15-6-1942. Completed 21-06-1942. Gr. 9930 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:
CANASTOGA (1)-1942 completed Socony-Vacuum Oil Company, New York, U.S.A.
CANASTOGA (1)-1942 acquired by the Navy, 20 June.
CANASTOGA (1)-1942 placed in reduced commission status as USS Lackawanna (AO-40), 10 July, for transit to her fitting out yard at Baltimore, MD.
AO-40 LACKAWANNA-1942 commissioned in full, 31 July.
AO-40 LACKAWANNA-1946 decommissioned, 14 February, at Oakland, CA.
AO-40 LACKAWANNA-1946 struck from the Naval Register, 5 June 1946
AO-40 LACKAWANNA-1947 returned to the Maritime Commission, 1 July, name reverted to SS Conastoga
CANASTOGA (1)-1947 sold by the Maritime Commission to Socony-Vacuum Oil Co. (Standard Oil Company of New York), renamed SS Tatarrax
TATARRAX-1947 for Socony-Vacuum Oil Company, New York, U.S.A.
TATARRAX-1955 for Socony-Mobil Oil Company, Inc., New York, U.S.A.
TATARRAX-1961 for Mobil Tankers Company, SA , New York, U.S.A.
THOMAS A-1962 for Artemision SS Company SA , Panama.
PADRE ISLAND-1965 for Steam Tanker Padre Island Inc., Panama.
Additional Reports :
Reported Padre Island grounded 10 Feb. 1966 near Great Isaac Light, Bahamas in position 25.59 N / 79.08 W whilst on voyage from Emden to Pascagoula. Re-floated and repairs become uneconomical. Reported Padre Island sold to shipbreakers in Spain. Arrived Vinaroz 24 Dec. 1966 to be broken up.