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|
History
|
United States
|
Builder
| Sun Shipbuilding and Drydock Co.
,
Chester
,
Pennsylvania
|
Launched
| 8 December 1944
|
Commissioned
| 28 November 1956
|
Decommissioned
| 2 October 1967
|
Fate
| Scrapped
in 1971
|
General characteristics
|
Displacement
| 5,782
long tons
, 21,880 tons full load
|
Length
| 523 ft 6 in (159.56 m)
|
Beam
| 68 ft (21 m)
|
Draft
| 30 ft (9.1 m)
|
Propulsion
| turbo-electric, single screw. 8,000hp
|
Speed
| 15.5 knots (17.8 mph)
|
Complement
| 251
|
The
SS French Creek
was a type
T2 tanker
, more specifically a T2-SE-A1, that was built in 1944. The ship was built at
Sun Shipbuilding and Drydock Co.
in
Chester, Pennsylvania
as hull number 454 and USMC number 1787. In 1956, it was acquired by the
US Navy
from the Maritime Administration and placed in service as the
USNS French Creek
(T-AO-159). It was taken out of service and transferred to the
US Army
in 1967. It was then sent to
Vietnam
where it was used as a floating power station until its scrapping in 1971.
References
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edit
]
http://www.t2tanker.org
http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/19159.htm