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Conastoga (1) / Lackawanna
Type : T2-SO
USS Lackawanna (AO-40) at anchor, possibly circa 1943, location unknown Photo thanks to Mike Green.
USS Lackawanna (AO-40) at anchor, possibly circa 1943, location unknown. Source photo unknown. Photo thanks to John Chiquoine.
USS Lackawanna (AO-40) at anchor, date and location unknown. Photo thanks to Dianne Thomas for her father Robert Lyle Miles.
USS Lackawanna (AO-40) in San Francisco Bay after her return from the Western Pacific in October 1945
"Tatarrax", ex. "Conastoga", ex. "Lackawanna", ex. "Conastoga (1)", in service for Socony-Vacuum Oil Co., source, date and location unknown.
"Tatarrax", ex. "Conastoga", ex. "Lackawanna", ex. "Conastoga (1)", date and location unknown. Photo thanks to Edward O. Clark.
"Tatarrax", ex. "Conastoga", ex. "Lackawanna", ex. "Conastoga (1)", source, date and location unknown.CANASTOGA (1), T2-SO
The Miramar Ship Index for
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CONASTOGA USMC nr. 147.
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ID or IMO No
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5359066 USMC nr. : 147
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Year built
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1942
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Name
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CONASTOGA
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Flag
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USA
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Owner
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Ordered by Socony-Vacuum Oil Co Inc., New York
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Type
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Tanker
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Tons
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9925
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DWT
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15850
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LOA
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152.9
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LPP
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148.7
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Beam
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20.7
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Dept
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11.28
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Draft
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9.04
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Machinery / Speed
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2 steam turbines, manufactured by Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company, Milwaukee. 12000 B.h.p., Speed 16.5
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Power
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8808 kW
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ShipDesign
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T2
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Builder
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Bethlehem-Sparrows Point SY
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Yard
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Sparrows Point
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Yard No
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4359
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Country built
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USA
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Keel
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27.12.1941
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Launch
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16.05.1942
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Completed
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10.07.1942
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Subsequent History
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CONASTOGA (1)-1942a Completed for Socony-Vacuum Oil Co., New York, U.S.A.
CONASTOGA (1)-1942b Acquired by the Navy, 10 June.
CONASTOGA (1)-1942c Placed in reduced commission status as USS Lackawanna (AO-40), 10 July, for transit to her fitting out yard at Baltimore, Maryland.
AO-40 LACKAWANNA-1942c commissioned in full, 31 July.
AO-40 LACKAWANNA-1946a decommissioned, 14 February, at Oakland, California.
AO-40 LACKAWANNA-1946b struck from the Naval Register, 5 June 1946
AO-40 LACKAWANNA-1947a returned to the Maritime Commission, 1 July, name reverted to SS Conastoga
CONASTOGA (1)-1947b sold by the Maritime Commission to Socony-Vacuum Oil Co. (Standard Oil Co., of New York), renamed SS Tatarrax
TATARRAX-1947c for Socony-Vacuum Oil Co., New York, U.S.A.
TATARRAX-1955 for Socony-Mobil Oil Co., Inc., New York, U.S.A.
TATARRAX-1961 for Mobil Tankers Co., SA, New York, U.S.A.
THOMAS A-1962 for Artemision SS., Co., SA, Panama.
PADRE ISLAND-1965 for Steam Tanker Padre Island Inc., Panama.
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End
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1966
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Disposal Data
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Padre Island grounded 10 Feb. 1966 near Great Isaac Light, Bahamas in position 25.59 N / 79.08 W whilst on voyage from Emden to Pascagoula. Re-floated and repairs become uneconomical.
Padre Island sold to shipbreakers in Spain. Arrived Vinaroz 24 Dec. 1966 to be broken up.
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"Conastoga (1)", Status Card.