MV Louden

MV Louden was acquired by the Maritime Commission (MARCOM) on a loan charter basis and renamed USS Piscataqua (AOG-70), she was to be a type T1 Klickitat-class gasoline tanker built for the US Navy during World War II. She was named after the Piscataqua River, between New Hampshire and Maine. Piscataqua (AOG-70) was never commissioned into the US Navy.

For other ships with the same name, see USS Piscataqua.
History
Name
  • Louden
  • Piscataqua
NamesakePiscataqua River
Orderedas type (T1-M-BT1) hull, MC hull 2630
Awarded26 July 1944
BuilderSt. Johns River Shipbuilding Company, Jacksonville, Florida[1]
Cost$1,022,203.48[2]
Yard number89
Way number3
Laid down24 March 1945
Launched26 May 1945
Completed16 July 1947
AcquiredAcquisition canceled, 26 August 1945
RenamedPiscataqua
IdentificationHull symbol: AOG-70
FateSold for commercial use, 16 July 1947
United States
NameLouden
OwnerInternational Tankers
FateSold, 1948
United States
NameTranswel
FateSold 1950
Mexico
NameSalamanca
OwnerPetroleos Mexicanos SA
FateScrapped, 1972
General characteristics [3]
Class and typeKlickitat-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

Construction

Louden (AOG-70) was laid down on 24 March 1945, under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MC hull 2630, by the St. Johns River Shipbuilding Company, Jacksonville, Florida; she was renamed Piscataqua, but acquisition by the US Navy was cancelled 26 August 1945.[1][2]

Piscataqua was launched on 26 May 1945, and was about 80.3% complete when, due to the end of World War II, the ship's US Navy reassignment was canceled. She reverted to her original name of Louden. The unfinished ship was completed by the Maryland Drydock Company, Baltimore, Maryland, in 1947, and sold to the International Tankers, 16 July 1947.[4][3]

Career

Louden was resold in 1948, and renamed Transwel. Transwel was resold in 1950, and renamed Salamanca. Salamanca was scrapped in 1972.[3]

References
  1. St. John's River SBC 2010.
  2. MARCOM.
  3. Navsource.
  4. MARAD.

Bibliography
  • "Piscataqua (AOG-70)". Navsource.org. 21 November 2008. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
  • Maritime Administration. "Piscataqua". Ship History Database Vessel Status Card. U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
  • "St. John's River Shipbuilding, Jacksonville FL". www.ShipbuildingHistory.com. 16 October 2010. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
  • "Piscataqua". Retrieved 12 February 2020.

Photo gallery of USS Piscataqua (AOG-70) at NavSource Naval History

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