USS Peconic

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USNS Peconic (T-AOG-68) moored at the New York Naval Shipyard (USA), on 3 April 1950 (7574768, 7574769).jpg
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US flag 48 stars.svgUnited States
NamePeconic
Namesake Peconic River in New York
Orderedas type (T1-M-BT1) hull, MC hull 2628
Awarded26 July 1944
Builder St. Johns River Shipbuilding Company, Jacksonville, Florida [1]
Cost$1,022,203.48 [2]
Yard number87
Way number4
Laid down31 January 1945
Launched14 May 1945
Sponsored byMrs. Mal Haughton, Jr.
Commissioned19 September 1945
Decommissioned4 January 1946
Stricken21 January 1946
Identification
Fate
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NameVoshell
Owner Maritime Transport Lines Inc.
Identification IMO number:  6912085
Fate
US flag 48 stars.svgUnited States
NamePeconic
OwnerMSTS
Identification IMO number:  6912085
Fate
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 Peconic (AOG-68), was a type T1 Klickitat-class gasoline tanker built for the US Navy during World War II. She was named after the Peconic River, in New York.

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Construction

Peconic was laid down on 31 January 1945, under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MC hull 2628, by the St. Johns River Shipbuilding Company, Jacksonville, Florida; sponsored by Mrs. Mal Haughton, Jr.; acquired on a loan basis by the Navy 28 September 1945; and commissioned 29 September 1945. [1] [2] [4]

Service history

Peconic reported to Commander Service Force Atlantic at Norfolk, Virginia, 27 November. Because of reduced need following the war's end, she decommissioned 4 January 1946, at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard, was struck from the Navy List 21 January, and returned to the Maritime Commission (MARCOM). [4]

She went into merchant service in 1946, as SS Voshell operated by the Maritime Transport Lines Inc. until 4 April 1948, at which time she was turned over to the Naval Transportation Service (NTS) as USNT Peconic (AOG-68) at Boston. Maritime Transport Lines Inc. continued to operate Peconic under contract for the NTS. NTS became Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS) 1 October 1949, and the ship was then designated USNS Peconic (AOG-68). [4]

Peconic was reinstated to the Naval Vessel Register 28 April 1950, and she continued service in MSTS until 12 November 1957, when she transferred to the Maritime Administration (MARAD) National Defense Reserve Fleet at Beaumont, Texas. She was struck from the Naval Vessel Register the same day. On 27 July 1982, she was sold for scrapping to Andy Exports Inc., she was removed from the fleet on 7 December 1982. [4] [3] [5]

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