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Yacona
T1-M-A2
Mattawee Class Gasoline Tanker:
Laid down, 23 November 1944, as a Maritime Commission type (T1-M-A2) tanker hull, under
Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 2071) at East Coast Shipyards Inc., Bayonne, N.J.
Launched, 14 January 1945
Commissioned USS Yacona (AOG-45), 7 February 1945, LT. Richard A. Urquhart, USNR, in command.
Decommissioned, 20 December 1945
Struck from the Naval Register, 8 January 1946
Transferred to the Maritime Commission, 25 July 1947, for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Lee Hall, VA.
Merchant Service
Purchased by Gulf Oil Co., 11 March 1947
Sold in 1976 to Sociedad Campania de Navegacion Dormar, Ltd., reflagged Colombian, homeported at Isla de San Andres, Colombia
Final Disposition, fate unknown.
( No photo available )
Specifications:
Displacement 2,270 t.(fl)
Length 220' 6"
Beam 37'
Draft 13' 1"
Speed 10 kts.
Complement
Officers 6
Enlisted 56
Largest Boom Capacity 4 t.
Armament
one single 3"/50 cal dual purpose gun mount
two single 40mm AA gun mounts
three single 20mm AA gun mounts
Cargo Capacity 1,365 DWT
Oil 12,100 Bbls
Fuel Capacity Diesel 2,240 Bbls
Propulsion
Fairbanks-Morse 37E16 direct drive Diesel engine
Ship's Service Generators
one Diesel-drive 40Kw 120V D.C.
two Diesel-drive 75Kw 120V D.C.
single propeller, 720shp.
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