MS Transpet information

History
Name	Avoca; Petaluma;
Namesake	Petaluma River
Ordered	as type (T1-M-BT1) hull, MC hull 2629
Awarded	26 July 1944
Builder	St. Johns River Shipbuilding Company, Jacksonville, Florida
Cost	$1,022,203.48
Yard number	88
Way number	6
Laid down	14 February 1945
Launched	5 May 1945
Completed	1947
Acquired	Acquisition canceled, 26 August 1945
Renamed	Avoca
Identification	Hull symbol: AOG-67
Fate	Sold for commercial use, 30 April 1947
United States
Name	Transpet
Owner	National Petroleum Transport Corp.
Fate	Sold, 1951
Panama
Name	Transpet
Owner	British-American Oil Company
Operator	D.K. Ludwig
Fate	Burnt and sank, 1951
General characteristics
Class and type	Klickitat-class gasoline tanker
Type	Type T1-MT-BT1 tanker
Displacement	1,980 long tons (2,012 t) (light); 5,970 long tons (6,066 t) (full load);
Length	325 ft 2 in (99.11 m)
Beam	48 ft 2 in (14.68 m)
Draft	19 ft (5.8 m)
Installed power	1 × Enterprise DNQ-38 Diesel engine; 800 shp (600 kW);
Propulsion	1 × Westinghouse main reduction gears; 1 × shaft;
Speed	10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Capacity	10,465 bbl (1,663.8 m3) (Diesel); 871,332 US gal (3,298,350 L; 725,536 imp gal) (Gasoline);
Complement	80
Armament	1 × 3 in (76 mm)/50 caliber dual-purpose (DP) gun; 2 × 40 mm (1.57 in) Bofors anti-aircraft (AA) gun mounts; 3 × 20 mm (0.79 in) Oerlikon cannon AA gun mounts;

MS Transpet was a tanker of United States and Panamanian registry. Laid down as MV Avoca and acquired by the Maritime Commission (MARCOM) on a loan charter basis and renamed USS Petaluma (AOG-69), she was to be a type T1 Klickitat-class gasoline tanker built for the US Navy during World War II. She was named after the Petaluma River, in California. Petaluma (AOG-69) was never commissioned into the US Navy.

^ MARCOM.
^ St. John's River SBC 2010.
^ Navsource.

[FOOTNOTEMARCOM-1] MARCOM.

[FOOTNOTESt._John's_River_SBC2010-2] St. John's River SBC 2010.

[FOOTNOTENavsource-3] Navsource.

MS Transpet information

and 3 Related for: MS Transpet information

MS Transpet

T1 tanker

SS Prince Rupert

History

Name	Avoca Petaluma
Namesake	Petaluma River
Ordered	as type (T1-M-BT1) hull, MC hull 2629
Awarded	26 July 1944
Builder	St. Johns River Shipbuilding Company, Jacksonville, Florida^[2]
Cost	$1,022,203.48^[1]
Yard number	88
Way number	6
Laid down	14 February 1945
Launched	5 May 1945
Completed	1947
Acquired	Acquisition canceled, 26 August 1945
Renamed	Avoca
Identification	Hull symbol: AOG-67
Fate	Sold for commercial use, 30 April 1947
United States
Name	Transpet
Owner	National Petroleum Transport Corp.
Fate	Sold, 1951
Panama
Name	Transpet
Owner	British-American Oil Company
Operator	D.K. Ludwig
Fate	Burnt and sank, 1951
General characteristics ^[3]
Class and type	Klickitat-class gasoline tanker
Type	Type T1-MT-BT1 tanker
Displacement	1,980 long tons (2,012 t) (light) 5,970 long tons (6,066 t) (full load)
Length	325 ft 2 in (99.11 m)
Beam	48 ft 2 in (14.68 m)
Draft	19 ft (5.8 m)
Installed power	1 × Enterprise DNQ-38 Diesel engine 800 shp (600 kW)
Propulsion	1 × Westinghouse main reduction gears 1 × shaft
Speed	10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Capacity	10,465 bbl (1,663.8 m³) (Diesel) 871,332 US gal (3,298,350 L; 725,536 imp gal) (Gasoline)
Complement	80
Armament	1 × 3 in (76 mm)/50 caliber dual-purpose (DP) gun 2 × 40 mm (1.57 in) Bofors anti-aircraft (AA) gun mounts 3 × 20 mm (0.79 in) Oerlikon cannon AA gun mounts