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Escatawpa
T1-M-A2
Mattawee Class Gasoline Tanker:
USS Escatawpa (AOG-27) under way in the vicinity of Hampton Roads, VA., 3 October 1944. Photographed from anaircraft based at NAS Norfolk, VA. Escatawpa's camouflage is Measure 32, Design 8AO. From this angle the
camouflage pattern on the bow definitely confuses the apparent direction and size of the ship.
( Photo thanks to Mike Green )
USS Escatawpa (AOG-27) underway in the vicinity of Hampton Roads, VA., 3 October 1944.
"Esso Porto Alegre" at Governador Island in the Guanara Bay near Rio de Janeiro.
Built as "Escatawpa (AOG-27) in 1944 for the US Navy, by East Coast SY, USA. Bayonne, NJ., Yard No: 9.
Ship Design: T1-M-A2. Launch Date: 03.06.1944 Date of completion: 18.08.1944
Type: Tanker, Tons: 1134 GRT, DWT: 1453.
Length overall: 67.2 meter, LBP: 65.1 meter, Beam: 11.3 meter.
Number of screws/Machinery/Speed (kn) : 1 Dieselengine - 10.
Sold in 1946 as "Esso Porto Alegre". Sold in 1957 as "Gravatai".
Wrecked near Campo Bom, Santa Catarina 28.09.1970.
"Esso Porto Alegro", ex. "Escatawpa"
( Photo Copyright Carlos Dufriche )
ESCATAWPA, T1-M-A2
Built by East Coast Shipyards Inc., Bayonne, New Jersey. Yardnumber 9. USMC Nr. 1524.
Keel laid 17-04-1944. Launched 03-06-1944. Completed 12-08-1944.
Gr. 1220 t., Net. 856 t., Dw. 1475 t.
L.o.a. 68,68 m., Br. 11,39 m., Dr. 4,06 m. Lloyds Register (IMO) or ID nr. 5135240.
Engine: 5 cyl 2SA 405 x 520 oil engine, manufactured by Fairbanks, Morse & Company, Beloit, Wisconsin. 790 B.h.p., 589 kW.
Speed 10 knots. 12 Tanks. Derrick: 1 x 3 t. Call sign: PUUY.
History:
1943 - Laid down, as ESCATAWPA, 2 April 1944, as a Maritime Commission type (T1-M-A2) tanker hull, under Maritime Commission (MC hull 1524) contract at East Coast Shipyards Inc., Bayonne, N.J.
1944 - ESCATAWPA (AOG-27) Commissioned, 14 August 1944.
1946 - ESCATAWPA (AOG-27) Decommissioned, 20 March 1946, at San Francisco, CA.
1946 - ESCATAWPA (AOG-27) Struck from the Naval Register, 17 April 1946
1946 - ESCATAWPA (AOG-27) Transferred to the Maritime Commission for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet.
1946 - ESCATAWPA Sold for merchant service in April 1947 to Standard Oil of Brazil, renamed as ESSO PORTO ALEGRE.
1957 - GRAVATAI Sold to Brasilmar Meridional de Navegação, Ltda, and renamed.
CASUALTY REPORTS.
Reported ESCATAWPA (AOG-27) Driven aground by typhoon Louise at Kagoshima Kaiwan, 17 September 1945, refloated, 10 October 1945.
Reported GRAVATAI grounded near Cape Santa Marta 24 jul 1959. Refloated 26 jul and resumed voyage.
Reported GRAVATAI grounded and wrecked near Campo Bom, Santa Catarina 28 sep 1970. Crew rescued. (Voyage Canoas-Itajai, with petrol).
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