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USNS Paoli (T-AO-157)
Type T2-SE-A1 tanker in 1943
History
United States
Name
Paoli (1944–1966)
Namesake
Paoli, Pennsylvania
Owner
Maritime Commission (1944–1947)
Cities Service Oil Co. (1947–1955)
Maritime Commission (1955–1956)
US Navy (1956–1957)
Marine Navigation Sulphur Carriers (1966–)
Operator
War Emergency Tankers (1944–1946)
Sieling & Jarvis (1946–1955)
Marine Transport Line (1956–1957)
Builder
Sun Shipbuilding & Drydock Co., Chester, Pennsylvania
Yard number
401
Laid down
18 July 1944
Launched
31 October 1944
Sponsored by
Mrs. Lina Martin
In service
15 October 1956
Out of service
2 October 1957
Stricken
2 October 1957
Fate
Sold, 1966
Name
Marine Floridian (1966–c.1997)
Acquired
1966
Name
Belofin Floridian (c.1997)
Identification
IMO number: 5270208
Fate
Scrapped, 1997
General characteristics
Type
T2–SE–A1 tanker
Displacement
5,782 long tons (5,875 t) light
21,880 long tons (22,231 t) full
Length
523 ft 6 in (159.56 m)
Beam
68 ft (21 m)
Draft
30 ft (9.1 m)
Propulsion
Turbo-electric, single screw, 8,000 hp (5,966 kW)
Speed
15.5 knots (28.7 km/h; 17.8 mph)
Capacity
140,000 barrels (22,000 m3)
Complement
251
Armament
None
USNS Paoli (T-AO-157) was a Gettysburg-class fuel tanker, built at Sun Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. in Chester, Pennsylvania. A Type T2–SE–A1 tanker, it was hull number 401 and Maritime Commission number 1734. The ship was laid down on 18 July 1944, launched on 31 October 1944, sponsored by Mrs. Lina Martin, and delivered to the Maritime Commission on 11 November 1944 for operation by War Emergency Tankers, New York City.
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1947. To Military Sea Transportation Service in 1949 as USNS Cowanesque (T-AO-79), later USNS Cowanesque (T-AOT-79). Sunk off Okinawa, Japan on 23 April...
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Sea Transportation Service (now the Military Sealift Command) to serve as USNS Tallulah (T-AO-50), later redesignated T-AOT-50. Manned by a civilian crew...
Maritime Administration, assigned to MSTS, and placed in-service as the USNS Bull Run (T-AO-156). She left the navy in 1957, going back to the Maritime...
October 1949, the ship was placed in service in noncommissioned status as USNS Cowanesque (T-AO-79) on 18 July 1950. She was reclassified as Transport Oiler...
to the Naval Transportation Service, where she operated under contract as USNS Cache (T-AO-67). She carried oil from Bahrain to Japan and the west coast...
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Fields Murfreesboro Musgrove Mills New Hope New Market Newtown Opequon Paoli Perote Perryville Pine Bluff Point Pleasant Port Republic Port Royal Prairie...
the Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS) and placed in service as USNS Parkersburg (T-AO-163). On 27 September 1957 she was returned to the Maritime...
operated under contract with the United States Naval Transport Service as USNS Suamico (T-AO-49). Her operations carried her around the world, and she frequented...
was 15 years old, Conrad worked during the summertime at the Paoli Airfield near Paoli, Pennsylvania, bartering lawn mowing, sweeping, and other odd...
earlier fuselage and engine. It also had a revised undercarriage. Built at Paoli by the Pennsylvania Syndicate, this became known as the Wilford Gyroplane...
the Town 1939 Great Guns 1940 High as a Kite 1941 Out of this World 1942 Paoli Local 1944 Red Points and Blue 1945 Hep to the Beat 1946 John Paul Jones...
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