USS Nodaway (AOG-67)

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US flag 48 stars.svgUnited States
NameNodaway
Namesake Nodaway River
Orderedas type (T1-M-BT1) hull, MC hull 2627
Awarded26 July 1944
Builder St. Johns River Shipbuilding Company, Jacksonville, Florida [1]
Cost$1,022,203.48 [2]
Yard number86
Way number2
Laid down22 January 1945
Launched14 April 1945
Completed18 September 1945
AcquiredAcquisition canceled, 27 August 1945
RenamedWest Ranch
Stricken21 January 1946
Identification
FateSold for commercial use, 1946
Flag of the United States.svgUnited States
NameDynafuel
Owner Sun Oil
FateScrapped 14 November 1963
General characteristics [3]
Class & type Klickitat-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
Propulsion
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

USS Nodaway (AOG-67), was a type T1 Klickitat-class gasoline tanker built for the US Navy during World War II. She was named after the Nodaway River, in Iowa. Nodaway (AOG-67) was never commissioned into the US Navy.

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Construction

Nodaway was laid down on 22 January 1945, under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MC hull 2627, by the St. Johns River Shipbuilding Company, Jacksonville, Florida; acquisition by the US Navy was cancelled on 27 August 1945. [1] [2] [4]

Service history

Completed by Merrill-Stevens Drydock & Repair Co., 18 September 1945, she was renamed West Ranch. She was sold to Sun Oil, in 1946, and renamed Dynafuel. On 14 November 1963, she collided near Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts, with the Norwegian freighter SS Fernview. She was scrapped later in 1963, due to the damage from the collision and fire. [3]

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