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Wabash
T1-MT-M1
Patapsco Class Gasoline Tanker:
The Miramar Ship Index for
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WABASH
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ID or IMO No
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6117094 MC-??
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Year built
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1943
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Name
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WABASH
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Flag
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USA
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Owner
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United States War Shipping Administration (US Navy)
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Type
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Tanker
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Tons
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2762
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DWT
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2638
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LOA
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94.72
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LPP
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89.0
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Beam
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14,78
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Dept
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??
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Draft
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4,78
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Mchy
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2DE-14.5
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Power
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3300 SHP
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ShipDesign
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T1-MT-M1
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Builder
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Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Co.,
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Yard
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Seattle, WA.
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Yard No
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15
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Country built
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USA
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Keel
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30.06.1942
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Launch
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28.10.1942
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Completed
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10.05.1943
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Subsequent History
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1943 Wabash - Commissioned USS Wabash (AOG-4), 10 May 1943
1946 USS Wabash (AOG-4) - Decommissioned, 29 July 1946, at Tsingtao, China Transferred to the US Army Transportation Service
1947 USS Wabash (AOG-4) - Struck from the Naval Register, 23 April 1947
1950 USS Wabash (AOG-4) - Returned to the US Navy, 1 July 1950
1950 USS Wabash (AOG-4) - Assigned to the Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS) and placed in service as USNS Wabash (T-AOG-4)
1957 USNS Wabash (T-AOG-4)Placed out of service, 10 September 1957
1958 USNS Wabash (T-AOG-4)Struck from the Naval Register, 8 May 1958
1958 Wabash - Custody transferred to the Maritime Administration for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay, Benecia, CA.
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End
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2005
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Disposal Data
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Final Disposition, contract awarded to Marine Metals, Brownsville, TX. for scrapping 21 July 2005
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( See photos below )
USS Wabash (AOG-4) at Kodiak, July 1943.
USS Wabash (AOG-4) in camouflage, at anchor, date and location unknown. Photograph received by
the Bureau of Ships in November 1944.
( Photo thanks to Mike Green )
USS Wabash (AOG-4) moored, date and place unknown.
Ex-USS Wabash (T-AOG-4) leaving the National Defense Reserve Fleet at Suisun Bay, 7 September 2005,
while enroute to Marine Metals, Brownsville, TX. for scrapping
( Photo thanks to Ron Reeves )
Ex-USS Wabash (T-AOG-4) leaving the National Defense Reserve Fleet at Suisun Bay, 7 September 2005,
while enroute to Marine Metals, Brownsville, TX. for scrapping
( Photo thanks to Ron Reeves )
Ex-USS Wabash (T-AOG-4) leaving the National Defense Reserve Fleet at Suisun Bay, 7 September 2005,
while enroute to Marine Metals, Brownsville, TX. for scrapping
( Photo thanks to Ron Reeves )