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USS Pontotoc (AVS-7)
History
USS PontotocUnited States
NamePontotoc
Namesake
  • Pontotoc County, Mississippi, and
  • Pontotoc County, Oklahoma
Orderedas type (C1-M-AV1) hull, MC hull 2160[1]
BuilderLeathem D. Smith Shipbuilding Company, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin
Yard number326[1]
Laid down15 January 1944
Launched2 July 1944
Commissioned22 March 1945
Decommissioned26 April 1946
Reclassified
  • prior to launch, Miscellaneous Auxiliary
  • 25 May 1945, Aviation Stores Issue Ship
Refitprior to 22 March 1945, converted to Gwinnett-class Aviation Stores Issue Ship
Stricken8 May 1946
Identification
  • Hull symbol: AK-206
  • Hull symbol: AG-94
  • Hull symbol: AVS-7
  • Code letters: NXNN
FateSold to France, 14 August 1947
FranceRepublic of France
NameTaurus
OperatorMessageries Maritimes
Acquired14 August 1947
Fatereflagged to Morocco, 1960
MoroccoMorocco
NameTadjera
Acquired1960
FateScrapped, 1968[1]
General characteristics [2]
Class and type
  • Alamosa-class cargo ship (1944–1945)
  • Gwinnett-class aviation stores issue ship (1945–1946)
TypeC1-M-AV1
Tonnage5,010 long tons deadweight (DWT)[1]
Displacement
  • 2,382 long tons (2,420 t) (standard)
  • 7,450 long tons (7,570 t) (full load)
Length388 ft 8 in (118.47 m)
Beam50 ft (15 m)
Draft21 ft 1 in (6.43 m)
Installed power
  • 1 × Nordberg, TSM 6 diesel engine
  • 1,750 shp (1,300 kW)
Propulsion1 × propeller
Speed11.5 kn (21.3 km/h; 13.2 mph)
Capacity
  • 3,945 t (3,883 long tons) DWT
  • 9,830 cu ft (278 m3) (refrigerated)
  • 227,730 cu ft (6,449 m3) (non-refrigerated)
Complement
  • 15 Officers
  • 70 Enlisted
Armament
  • 1 × 3 in (76 mm)/50 caliber dual purpose gun (DP)
  • 6 × 20 mm (0.8 in) Oerlikon anti-aircraft (AA) cannons

USS Pontotoc (AK-206/AG-94/AVS-7) was an Alamosa-class cargo ship acquired by the US Navy shortly before the end of World War II. She was converted into a Gwinnett-class aviation stores issue ship to carry aviation parts and spares, and to issue them to the US Pacific Fleet and activities as needed.

  1. ^ a b c d C1 Cargo Ships 2009.
  2. ^ Navsource 2013.

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