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 Escambia in November 1943 | |
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Builders | Marinship, Sausalito, California |
| Operators |  United States Navy |
| Built | 1942–1945 |
| In commission | 1943–1946 |
| Completed | 12 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | T2 Tanker |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 523 ft 6 in (159.56 m) |
| Beam | 68 ft (21 m) |
| Draft | 30 ft 10 in (9.40 m) |
| Propulsion | turbo-electric transmission, single screw, 8,000 shp (5,966 kW) |
| Speed | 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
| Capacity | 140,000 barrels (22,000 m3) |
| Complement | 267 officers and enlisted |
| Armament |
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The Escambia-class oilers were a class of twelve T2-SE-A2 tankers that served in the United States Navy, built during World War II. [1] The ships were named for United States rivers with Native American names. They were very similar to the Suamico class (of which they are sometimes accounted a subclass), differing principally in having the more powerful turboelectric plant of the P2-SE2 transports which developed 10,000 shp.
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All of the ships were decommissioned and transferred to the Military Sea Transportation Service in the post-war period. Several were later transferred to the United States Army and converted to floating electricity generating stations, and served in that role in Vietnam.
