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Chiwaukum
T1-M-A2
Mattawee Class Gasoline Tanker:
USS Chiwaukum (AOG-26), at anchor in Hampton Roads, VA., 20 September 1944.( Photo thanks to Mike Green )
USS Chiwaukum (AOG-26), at anchor, date and location unknown.( Photo thanks to Sten Svec )
Ex-USS Chiwaukum (AOG-26) underway, circa 1948 while in service as the Turkish oiler TNS Akpinar.
( Photo Turkish Navy )
Ex-USS Chiwaukum (AOG-26) in service as the Turkish oiler TNS Akpinar.
( Photo Cüneyt Demir )
Ex-USS Chiwaukum (AOG-26) in service as the Turkish oiler TNS Akpinar.
( Photo Cüneyt Demir )
Drawing of the Ex-USS Chiwaukum (AOG-26) in service as the Turkish oiler TNS Akpinar.
( Photo Cüneyt Demir )
Drawing of the Ex-USS Chiwaukum (AOG-26) in service as the Turkish oiler TNS Akpinar.
( Photo Cüneyt Demir )
CHIWAUKUM, T1-M-A2
Built by East Coast Shipyards Inc., Bayonne, New Jersey. Yardnumber 8. USMC Nr. 1523.
Keel laid 02-04-1944. Launched 04-05-1944. Completed 22-07-1944.
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. 6116797.
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: NHUN.
History:
1943 - Laid down, as CHIWAUKUM, 2 April 1944, as a Maritime Commission type (T1-M-A2) tanker hull, under Maritime Commission (MC hull 1523) contract at East Coast Shipyards Inc., Bayonne, N.J.
1944 - CHIWAUKUM (AOG-26) Commissioned, 25 July 1944.
1946 - CHIWAUKUM (AOG-26) Decommissioned, 31 May 1946.
1946 - CHIWAUKUM (AOG-26) Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown.
1948 - Transferred to Turkey, 10 May 1948, renamed TCG AKPINA (A574).
CASUALTY REPORTS.
Reported AKPINA (A574). Existence in doubt, no further info.
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