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Towaliga
T1-M-A2
Mettawee Class Gasoline Tanker:
Laid down, 29 September 1944, as a Maritime Commission type (T1-M-A2) tanker hull, under Maritime
Commission contract (MC 2068) at East Coast Shipyards Inc., Bayonne, N.J.
Launched, 29 October 1944
Commissioned USS Towaliga (AOG-42), 14 December 1944
Decommissioned, 10 May 1947 and transferred to the Republic of China under the lend-lease program,
as Tai Wha (AO-303).
Struck from the Naval Register, 12 March 1948
Final Disposition, fate unknown
( See photo below )
Specifications:
Displacement 846 t.(lt) 2,270 t.(fl)
Length 220' 6"
Beam 37'
Draft 17'
Speed 10 kts.
Complement 62
Armament one single 3"/50 dual purpose gun mount, two 40mm guns, three single 20mm gun mounts
Cargo 1,228 DWT
Propulsion diesel direct drive, single screw, 720hp
View the Towaliga (AOG-42)
DANFS history entry located at Navsource
USS Towaliga (AOG-42) moored to a buoy with pierside, date and place unknown.
( Photo thanks to Jack A.Schark )