Global InformationUSS Millicoma information
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | USS Millicoma |
| Namesake | Millicoma River, a tributary of the Coos River in southwestern Oregon. |
| Ordered | as King’s Mountain |
| Builder | Sun Shipbuilding & Drydock Co., Chester, Pennsylvania |
| Laid down | 4 August 1942 |
| Launched | 21 January 1943 |
| Acquired | 30 January 1943 |
| Commissioned | 5 March 1943 at Baltimore, Maryland |
| Decommissioned | 21 February 1946 at San Francisco, California |
| Stricken | 31 March 1986 |
| Reinstated | 28 April 1950 |
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| Honors and awards | Eight battle stars for World War II service |
| Fate | Transferred to MSTS, 1 October 1949, scrapped 1987 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Suamico-class oiler |
| Displacement |
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| 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 officers and enlisted |
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USS Millicoma (AO-73) was a United States Navy fleet oiler which served in the Pacific Theatre during World War II, winning eight battle stars for her dangerous work. Post-war she was recommissioned and was placed under the control of the MSTS with a civilian crew until finally assigned for disposal in 1987.
Millicoma was laid down as King’s Mountain under United States Maritime Commission contract by Sun Shipbuilding & Drydock Co., Chester, Pennsylvania, on 4 August 1942; subsequently renamed USS Conestoga; launched as USS Millicoma on 21 January 1943; sponsored by Mrs. M. G. Hogan; acquired by the U.S. Navy on 30 January 1943; converted for Navy use by the Maryland Drydock Company of Baltimore, Maryland, and commissioned at Baltimore on 5 March 1943.