USS Escatawpa

USS Escatawpa (AOG-27) was a Mettawee-class gasoline tanker in service with the United States Navy from 1944 to 1946. In 1947, she was sold to Standard Oil tanker where she served as M/T Esso Porto Alegre until she sank in 1970.

USS Escatawpa (AOG-27) Underway in the vicinity of Hampton Roads, Virginia, 3 October 1944.
History
United States
NameUSS Escatawpa
NamesakeEscatawpa River in Alabama
Ordered
  • as T1-M-A2 tanker hull
  • MC hull 1524
Laid downdate unknown
Launched3 June 1944
Commissioned14 August 1944
Decommissioned20 March 1946
Strickendate unknown
FateSunk in 1970
General characteristics
Tonnage1,228 long tons deadweight (DWT)
Displacement846 tons(lt) 2,270 tons(fl)
Length220 ft 6 in
Beam37 ft
Draught17 ft
PropulsionDiesel direct drive, single screw, 720 hp
Speed10 knots (19 km/h)
Complement62
Armamentone single 3 in (76 mm) dual purpose gun mount, two 40 mm guns, three single 20 mm gun mounts

History

Escatawpa was launched by the East Coast Shipyard, Inc., Bayonne, New Jersey, on 3 June 1944 and commissioned on 18 August 1944.

1944-1947

She was assigned to the U.S. Pacific Fleet, operating thereafter in fueling ships and craft on an inter-island circuit in the central Pacific Ocean. A typhoon drove her aground at Kagoshima Kaiwan on 17 September 1945. She was refloated on 10 October and returned to San Francisco, California, where she was placed out of commission on 20 March 1946 and subsequently transferred to the Maritime Commission for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet.

1947-1970

She was sold for commercial service in April 1947 to Standard Oil of Brazil where she served as M/T Esso Porto Alegre until she sank in 1970.

Military awards and honors

Escatawpa’s crew was eligible for the following medals:

References

This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.

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