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Mattabesset
T1-MT-M1
Patapsco Class Gasoline Tanker:
Laid down, 6 July 1944, as a Maritime Commission type (T1-MT-M1) tanker hull, under a Maritime
Commission contract, at Cargill, Inc., Savage, MN.
Launched, 11 November 1944
Commissioned USS Mattabesset (AOG-52), 16 June 1945
Decommissioned (date unknown) at Norfolk, VA.
Struck from the Naval Register, 1 October 1968
Transferred to the Maritime Commission for lay up in National Defense Reserve Fleet
Final Disposition, scrapped in 1959
( See photos below )
Specifications:
Displacement 1,846 t.(lt), 4,130 t.(fl)
Length 310' 9"
Beam 48' 6"
Draft 15' 8"
Speed 14 kts.
Complement 131
Armament four 3"/50 gun mounts. 12 single 20mm AA gun mounts
Cargo Capacity 2,120 DWT
Propulsion Propulsion, four 980 hp GE diesel engines, electric drive, twin shafts, 3,300shp.
View the Mattabesset (AOG-52)
DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center web site
The Miramar Ship Index for "MATTABESSET"
IDNo:
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6121729
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Year:
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1945
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Name:
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MATTABESSET
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Keel:
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06.07.1944
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Type:
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Tanker
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Launch Date:
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11.11.1944
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Flag:
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USA
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Date of completion:
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16.06.1945
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Tons:
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2762
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Link:
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DWT:
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2638
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Yard No:
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17
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Length overall:
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94.7
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Ship Design:
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T1-MT-M1
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LPP:
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89.0
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Country of build:
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USA
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Beam:
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14.8
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Builder:
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Cargill
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Material of build:
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Location of yard:
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Savage
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Number of screws/Mchy/Speed(kn):
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2DE-14.5
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|
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Subsequent History:
-
Disposal Data:
Scrapped at Portsmouth, Va., 06.1969.
History:
ON
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LR/IMO
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ID
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Year
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Name
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Tons
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Change
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Registered Owner
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AOG-52
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6121729
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1945
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MATTABESSET
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2762
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-
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U.S. Navy
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USS Mattabesset (AOG-52) underway, date and place unknown.
USS Mattabesset (AOG-52) at anchor in the Harbor at Valleta, Malta, date unknown.
US Navy photo from the collections of the US Navy Memorial.
( Photo thanks to Stan Svec )