Summary
USS Nodaway (AOG-67), was a type T1 Klickitat-class gasoline tanker built for the US Navy during World War II. She was named after the Nodaway River, in Iowa. Nodaway (AOG-67) was never commissioned into the US Navy.
| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | Nodaway |
| Namesake | Nodaway River |
| Ordered | as type (T1-M-BT1) hull, MC hull 2627 |
| Awarded | 26 July 1944 |
| Builder | St. Johns River Shipbuilding Company, Jacksonville, Florida[2] |
| Cost | $1,022,203.48[1] |
| Yard number | 86 |
| Way number | 2 |
| Laid down | 22 January 1945 |
| Launched | 14 April 1945 |
| Completed | 18 September 1945 |
| Acquired | Acquisition canceled, 27 August 1945 |
| Renamed | West Ranch |
| Stricken | 21 January 1946 |
| Identification |
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| Fate | Sold for commercial use, 1946 |
 United States | |
| Name | Dynafuel |
| Owner | Sun Oil |
| Fate | Scrapped 14 November 1963 |
| General characteristics [3] | |
| Class and type | Klickitat-class gasoline tanker |
| Type | Type T1-MT-BT1 tanker |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 325 ft 2 in (99.11 m) |
| Beam | 48 ft 2 in (14.68 m) |
| Draft | 19 ft (5.8 m) |
| Installed power |
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| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
| Capacity | |
| Complement | 80 |
| Armament |
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Construction edit
Nodaway was laid down on 22 January 1945, under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MC hull 2627, by the St. Johns River Shipbuilding Company, Jacksonville, Florida; acquisition by the US Navy was cancelled on 27 August 1945.[2][1][4]
Service history edit
Completed by Merrill-Stevens Drydock & Repair Co., 18 September 1945, she was renamed West Ranch. She was sold to Sun Oil, in 1946, and renamed Dynafuel. On 14 November 1963, she collided near Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts, with the Norwegian freighter SS Fernview. She was scrapped later in 1963, due to the damage from the collision and fire.[3]
References edit
Bibliography edit
- "Nodaway". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Naval History and Heritage Command. 13 August 2015. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. - "USS Nodaway (AOG-67)". Navsource.org. 19 December 2014. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
- "St. John's River Shipbuilding, Jacksonville FL". www.ShipbuildingHistory.com. 16 October 2010. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
- "USS Nodaway". Retrieved 11 February 2020.
External links edit
- Auke Visser's Famous T - Tankers Pages
- Photo gallery of USS Nodaway (AOG-67) at NavSource Naval History