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Chewaucan
T1-MT-M1
Patapsco Class Gasoline Tanker:
Laid down (date unknown), type (T1-MT-M1) tanker hull, at Cargill Inc., Savage, MN.
Launched, 22 July 1944
Commissioned USS Chewaucan (AOG-50), 19 February 1945
Decommissioned (date unknown)
Struck from the Naval Register, 1 July 1975
Sold under the Security Assistance Program to Colombia, 1 January 1976, renamed ARC Tumaco (BT-7)
Final Disposition, fate unknown
( See photos below )
Specifications:
Displacement 1,850 t.(lt) 4,570 t.(fl)
Length 310' 9"
Beam 48' 6"
Draft 15' 8"
Speed 15.5 kts.
Complement 124 to 68
Armament four 3"/50 dual purpose guns, twelve 20mm guns, reduced to three 3/50s and no 20mm
Cargo Capacity 2,210 DWT
Propulsion four 980 hp GE diesel engines, electric drive, twin shafts, 3,300shp

View the Chewaucan (AOG-50)
DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center web site .

The Miramar Ship Index for "CHEWAUCAN"
IDNo:
6120943
Year:
1945
Name:
CHEWAUCAN
Keel:
Type:
Tanker
Launch Date:
22.07.1944
Flag:
USA
Date of completion:
19.02.1945

Tons:
2762
Link:
-
DWT:
2638
Yard No:
15
Length overall:
94.7
Ship Design:
T1-MT-M1
LPP:
89.0
Country of build:
USA
Beam:
14.8
Builder:
Cargill
Material of build:
Location of yard:
Savage
Number of screws/Mchy/Speed(kn):
2DE-14.5

Subsequent History:
1976 - Sold under the Security Assistance Program to Colombia, 1 January 1976, renamed ARC Tumaco (BT-7)

Disposal Data:
????

History:
ON
LR/IMO
ID
Year
Name
Tons
Change
Registered Owner
AOG-50
6120943
1945
CHEWAUCAN
2762
U.S. Navy
BT-7
6120943
1945
ARC TUMACO
2762
1976
Govt. Colombia

 USS Chewaucan after her launch, July 22nd, 1944.
 USS Chewaucan.
 USS Chiwaukum (AOG-26) at anchor in Hampton Roads, VA., 20 September 1944. Photo taken by an aircraft assigned to
NAS Norfolk. Chiwaukum's camouflage is MS32/8AO and the vertical colors are dull black, ocean gray and light gray.
( Photo thanks to Mike Green )
 USS Chewaucan (AOG-50).
 USS Chewaucan.
 
 U.S. Navy Oiler, Gasoline USS Chewaucan, 1967.
USS Chewaucan (AOG-50) underway, date and place unknown. US Naval Institute photo.
 
USS Chewaucan (AOG-50) date and place unknown.
USS Chewaucan (AOG-50) at Suda Bay, Crete, April 1952.
 
USS Chewaucan (AOG-50) underway, date and place unknown.
 
USS Chewaucan (AOG-50) 1960.
 
USS Chewaucan (AOG-50) in the vicinity of Sardinia, fall 1968.
 
USS Chewaucan (AOG-50) passing under the Cooper River Bridge at Charleston, S.C.
while returning from Med deployment in June 1972
( Photo thanks to John Mac Michael )
 
USS Chewaucan (AOG-50) at anchor, date and location unknown..
( Photo thanks to Robert Hurst )