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Kennebago
T2-SE-A2
Escambia Class Fleet Oiler:
Laid down, 9 January 1943, as a Maritime Commission type (T2-SE-A2) tanker hull, under a Maritime
Commission contract at Marinship, Sausalito, CA.
Launched, 9 May 1943
Acquired by the Navy 30 July 1943
Converted for Naval service at Matson Navigation Co., San Francisco, CA.
Commissioned USS Kennebago (AO-81), 4 December 1943
Decommissioned, 19 July 1946, at Boston, MA.
Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown)
Transferred to the Maritime Commission, 24 May 1947, for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet
Reacquired by the Navy, 1 October 1949, and assigned to the Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS)
Placed in service as USNS Kennebago (T-AO-81), September 1950
Placed out of service, 27 November 1957, at Beaumont, TX.
Transferred to MARAD for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Beaumont, TX.
Reacquired and placed in service by MSTS, 23 May 1958
Placed out of service, 22 May 1959, at New York, N.Y.
Transferred to MARAD, 23 June 1959, for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet,
James River, Fort Eustis, VA.
Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown)
Final Disposition, acquired by the US Army, 20 May 1966, converted to a Mobile Army Emergency
Power Plant and assigned to Vietnam service, fate unknown.
( See photos below )
Specifications:
Displacement 5,782 t.(lt) 21,880 t.(fl)
Length 523' 6"
Beam 68'
Draft 30' 10"
Speed 15 kts.
Complement 267
Armament one 5"/38 dual purpose gun mount, four 3"/50 guns, four twin 40mm gun mounts,
four twin 20mm gun mounts
Cargo Capacity 140,000 barrels
Propulsion turbo-electric, single screw, 8,000shp.
View the Kennebago (AO-81)
DANFS history entry located on the Haze Gray & Underway Web Site.
Ship Report for "KENNEBAGO"
IDNo:
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6115417
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Year:
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1943
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Name:
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KENNEBAGO
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Keel:
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09.01.1943
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Type:
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Tanker
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Launch Date:
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09.05.1943
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Flag:
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USA
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Date of completion:
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04.12.1943
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DWT:
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16613
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Yard No:
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14
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Length overall:
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159.6
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Ship Design:
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T2-SE-A2
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LPP:
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153.3
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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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Marinship Corp
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Material of build:
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Location of yard:
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Sausalito
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Number of screws/Mchy/Speed(kn):
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1TE-16
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|
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Subsequent History:
-
Disposal Data:
Reported Escambia sold to shipbreakers in 1971..
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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Name change
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Registered Owner
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AO-81
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6115417
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1943
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KENNEBAGO
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10448
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-
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U.S. Navy
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Broadside view of Kennebago (AO-81) moored at Matson Navigation Co. piers in San
Francisco, CA., 6 August 1943, before conversion for Naval service.
Broadside view of USS Kennebago (AO-81) off Navy Yard Mare Island, Vallejo, CA.,
16 December 1943.
USNS Kennebago (AO-81), place and data unknown.
Line drawing of USS Kennebago (AO-81) underway.
USNS Kennebago (AO-81), place and data unknown.
Custody CARDS by PMARS is MARAD's official repository of NDRF ships
of Kennebago
Custody CARDSBack of Card 2 No Image
No Disposal CARDS