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.
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.
Ships
- USS Escambia (AO-80), 1943
- USS Kennebago (AO-81), 1943
- USS Cahaba (AO-82), ex-Lackawapen, 1944
- USS Mascoma (AO-83), 1944
- USS Ocklawaha (AO-84), 1943
- USS Pamanset (AO-85), 1943
- USS Ponaganset (AO-86), 1944
- USS Sebec (AO-87), 1944
- USS Tomahawk (AO-88), 1944
- USS Pasig (AO-91), ex-Mission San Xavier, converted to AW-3
- USS Abatan (AO-92), ex-Mission San Lorenzo, converted to AW-4
- USS Soubarissen (AO-93), ex-Mission Santa Ana, converted to water supply ship.
- USS Anacostia (AO-94), ex-Mission Alamo, 1945
- USS Caney (AO-95), ex-Mission Los Angeles, 1945
- USS Tamalpais (AO-96), ex-Mission San Francisco, 1945
See also
Citations
- ^ Silverstone, pp. 265–266
Bibliography
- Silverstone, Paul H. (2008). The Navy of World War II, 1922-1947. The U.S. Navy Warship Series. New York: Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-97898-9.
