Auke Visser's Famous T - Tankers Pages     |   home Index Ponchatoula T1-M-A2 Sequatchie Class Gasoline Tanker: Laid down, 7 June 1944, as a Maritime Commission type (T1-M-A2) tanker hull, under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 1801) at East Coast Shipyards Inc., Bayonne, N.J. Launched, 30 July 1944 Delivered to the US Navy, 30 September 1944 Commissioned USS Ponchatoula (AOG-38), 6 October 1944, LT. W. G. Peyton in command. During World War II USS Ponchatoula was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater. Decommissioned, 24 April 1946 Struck from the Naval Register, 31 May 1946 Transferred to the Maritime Commission, 9 December 1946, for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay, Benecia, CA. Sold to Sun Oil Co., 6 May 1948, renamed M/V Mystic Sun Sold to Frank Atmanchuk, 15 May 1969, converted to a barge Sold to Frank's Marine Service in June 1969 Final Disposition, fate unknown. ( See photo below ) Specifications: Displacement 846 t.(lt) 2,700 t.(fl) Length 220' 6" Beam 37' Draft 13' 1"' Speed 10 kts. Complement 62 Armament one single 3"/50 dual purpose gun mount two single 40mm AA gun mounts three single 20mm AA gun mounts Cargo Capacity 1,228 DWT Propulsion Diesel direct drive, single screw, 720shp. View the Ponchatoula (AOG-38) DANFS history entry located at the US Naval History and Heritage Command. USS Ponchatoula (AOG-38) at anchor, date and location unknown. ( US Navy photo )  Custody & Disposal CARDS by PMARS is MARAD's official repository of NDRF ships of Ponchatoula Custody CARDS Front of Card 1 Back of Card 1 Back of Card 1 No Image No Disposal CARDS