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Aucilla
T3-S2-A1
Ashtabula Class Fleet Oiler:
Laid down, 25 May 1943, as a Maritime Commission type (T3-S2-A3) hull, under Maritime
Commission contract (MC hull 722), at Bethlehem Steel Shipyard, Sparrows Point, MD;
Launched, 20 November 1943;
Commissioned USS Aucilla (AO-56), 22 December 1943;
Decommissioned, 18 December 1970, at Norfolk, VA.;
Transferred to the Maritime Administration for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet,
James River, Fort Eustus, VA.;
Struck from the Naval Register, 1 December 1976;
Final Disposition, scrapped 25 October 1992.
( See photos below )
Specifications:
Displacement 7,236 t.(lt) 25,440 t.(fl);
Length 553';
Beam 75';
Draft 32';
Speed 18 kts;
Complement 314;
Armament, one single 5"/38 dual purpose gun mount, four single 3"/50 dual purpose gun mounts,
four twin 40mm gun mounts, four twin 20mm gun mounts;
Capacity 146,000 barrels;
Propulsion, geared turbines, twin propellers, 30,400hp.

View the Aucilla (AO-56)
DANFS history entry located at NavSource.

The Miramar Ship Index for "AUCILLA"
IDNo:
6114734
Year:
1943
Name:
AUCILLA
Keel:
25.05.1943
Type:
Tanker
Launch Date:
20.11.1943
Flag:
USA
Date of completion:
22.12.1943

Tons:
12155
Link:
-
DWT:
18230
Yard No:
4402
Length overall:
168.6
Ship Design:
T3-S2-A1
LPP:
160.0
Country of build:
USA
Beam:
22.9
Builder:
Bethlehem-Sparrows Point SY
Material of build:
Location of yard:
Sparrows Point
Number of screws/Mchy/Speed(kn):
2ST-18

Subsequent History:
-

Disposal Data:
scrapped 25 October 1992.

History:
ON
LR/IMO
ID
Year
Name
Tons
Change
Registered Owner
AO-56
6114734
1943
AUCILLA
12155
-
U.S. Navy

 USS Aucilla (AO-56) under way circa 1947, location unknown.
( Photo Mark R. Taylor )
USS Aucilla (AO-56), underway, Norfolk VA on or about 15 August 1964.
( Photo © Richard Leonhardt )
 USS Aucilla (AO-56), in the mid-Atlantic 8 May 1967 while she was refueling Saratoga.
( Photo © Richard Leonhardt )
 
USS Aucilla (AO-56), underway, date and location unknown.
( Photo collection Mike Cotting )
 
 USS Aucilla (AO-56), underway in 1968, location unknown.
( Photo collection David Buell )
 
USS Aucilla (AO-56), underway, date and location unknown.
 
USS Aucilla (AO-56), underway, date and location unknown.
 
USS Aucilla (AO-56), underway, date and location unknown.
 YO-141 keeping station with Aucilla (AO-56) at Norfolk, 27 September 1944.
( Photo thanks to Mike Green )