USNS French Creek (T-AO-159)

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Flag of the United States.svg United States
Builder Sun Shipbuilding and Drydock Co., Chester, Pennsylvania
Launched8 December 1944
Commissioned28 November 1956
Decommissioned2 October 1967
Fate Scrapped in 1971
General characteristics
Displacement5,782 long tons, 21,880 tons full load
Length523 ft 6 in (159.56 m)
Beam68 ft (21 m)
Draft30 ft (9.1 m)
Propulsionturbo-electric, single screw. 8,000hp
Speed15.5 knots (17.8 mph)
Complement251

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.

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References

http://www.t2tanker.org

http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/19159.htm