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Lackawapen/Cahaba
T2-SE-A2
Escambia Class Fleet Oiler:
Laid down, date unknown, as SS Lackawapen, later changed to SS Lackawaxen, a Maritime
Commission type (T2-SE-A2) tanker hull under a contract at Marinship, Sausalito, CA.
Launched, 19 May 1943.
Commissioned USS Cahaba (AO-82), 14 January 1944
Decommissioned, 15 May 1946
Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown)
Transferred to the Maritime Commission for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet
Reacquired by the Navy in 1948, assigned to the Naval Transportation Service (NTS) and
placed in service as Cahaba (AO-82)
Transferred to the Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS) and place in service as
USNS Cahaba (T-AO-82), 8 May 1949
Placed out of service, 20 January 1958
Transferred to the Maritime Administration for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Mobile, AL.
Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown)
Acquired by the US Army in 1966 and converted to a floating power station for Vietnam service at Bender
Shipbuilding and Repair Co., Mobile, AL.
Final Disposition, scrapped at Taiwan 07.1971.
Ship Report for "LACKAWAPEN/CAHABA"
IDNo:
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6117637
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Year:
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1944
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Name:
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CAHABA
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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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19.05.1943
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Flag:
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USA
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Date of completion:
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14.01.1944
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DWT:
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16613
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Yard No:
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15
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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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Subsequent History:
[ Launched as LACKAWAPEN later changed to LACKAWAXEN ] -
1944 - CAHABA
Disposal Data:
Scrapped at Taiwan 07.1971.
History :
ON
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LR/IMO
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ID
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Year built
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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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AO-82
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6117637
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1944
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LACKAWAPEN
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10448
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1943
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U.S. Navy
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AO-82
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6117637
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1944
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LACKAWAXEN
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10448
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1943
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U.S. Navy
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AO-82
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6117637
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1944
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CAHABA
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10448
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1944
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U.S. Navy
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( 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 Cahaba (AO-82)
DANFS history entry located on the Haze Gray & Underway Web Site.
"Lackawapen" hust after her launch.
( Photo Copyright Reserved )
Amidships and aft view of Lackawapen at San Francisco just prior to the start of her conversion
for Naval service, 6 September 1943.
( Navy Yard Mare Island photo )
Amidships and forward view of Lackawapen at San Francisco just prior to the start of her
conversion for Naval service, 6 September 1943.
( Navy Yard Mare Island photo )
Stern view of Lackawapen at San Francisco just prior to the start of her conversion
for Naval service, 6 September 1943.
( Navy Yard Mare Island photo )
USS Cahaba (AO-82) during an underway refueling Shangri-La (CV-38) and Iowa (BB-61).
( Photo US Navy )
This is one of the rather rare color pics of the USS Cahaba (AO-82) during an
underway refueling Shangri-La (CV-38) and Iowa (BB-61).
( Photo US Navy )
USS "Cahaba", ex. "Lackaxen", ex. Lackawapen".
( Photo Copyright Reserved )
USS "Cahaba", ex. "Lackaxen", ex. Lackawapen".
( Photo Copyright Reserved )
USS "Cahaba", ex. "Lackaxen", ex. Lackawapen".
( Photo Copyright Reserved )
Custody CARDS by PMARS is MARAD's official repository of NDRF shipsof Lackawapen/Cahaba
Custody CARDS
Back of Card 2 No Image
Back of Card 3 No Image
Disposal CARDS
Back of Card 1 No Image