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USS PeconicUnited States
NamePeconic
NamesakePeconic River in New York
Orderedas type (T1-M-BT1) hull, MC hull 2628
Awarded26 July 1944
BuilderSt. Johns River Shipbuilding Company, Jacksonville, Florida[2]
Cost$1,022,203.48[1]
Yard number87
Way number4
Laid down31 January 1945
Launched14 May 1945
Sponsored byMrs. Mal Haughton, Jr.
Commissioned19 September 1945
Decommissioned4 January 1946
Stricken21 January 1946
Identification
  • Hull symbol: AOG-68
  • Call sign: NDCV
Fate
  • Transferred to the Maritime Commission (MARCOM), 21 January 1946
  • Leased for commercial use
USS PeconicUnited States
NameVoshell
OwnerMaritime Transport Lines Inc.
IdentificationIMO number: 6912085
Fate
  • Returned to Naval Transportation Service (NTS), 4 April 1948
  • Turned over to Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS), 1 October 1949
USS PeconicUnited States
NamePeconic
OwnerMSTS
IdentificationIMO number: 6912085
Fate
  • Laid up in National Defense Reserve Fleet, Beaumont, Texas, 12 November 1957
  • Sold for scrapping, 27 July 1982, removed from the fleet, 7 December 1982
General characteristics [3]
Class and typeKlickitat-class gasoline tanker
TypeType T1-MT-BT1 tanker
Displacement
  • 1,980 long tons (2,012 t) (light)
  • 5,970 long tons (6,066 t) (full load)
Length325 ft 2 in (99.11 m)
Beam48 ft 2 in (14.68 m)
Draft19 ft (5.8 m)
Installed power
  • 1 × Enterprise DNQ-38 Diesel engine
  • 800 shp (600 kW)
Propulsion
  • 1 × Westinghouse main reduction gears
  • 1 × shaft
Speed10 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)
Complement80
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

USS Peconic (AOG-68), was a type T1 Klickitat-class gasoline tanker built for the US Navy during World War II. She was named after the Peconic River, in New York.

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  2. ^ St. John's River SBC 2010.
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