USS Peconic (AOG-68)

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.

History
Name: Peconic
Namesake: Peconic River
Ordered: as type (T1-M-BT1) hull, MC hull 2628
Awarded: 26 July 1944
Builder: St. Johns River Shipbuilding Company, Jacksonville, Florida[1]
Cost: $1,022,203.48[2]
Yard number: 87
Way number: 4
Laid down: 31 January 1945
Launched: 14 May 1945
Sponsored by: Mrs. Mal Haughton, Jr.
Commissioned: 19 September 1945
Decommissioned: 4 January 1946
Stricken: 21 January 1946
Identification:
Fate: Transferred to the Maritime Commission (MARCOM), 21 January 1946
Status: Leased for commercial use
United States
Name: Voshell
Owner: Maritime Transport Lines Inc.
Fate: Returned to Naval Transportation Service (NTS), 4 April 1948
Status: Turned over to Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS), 1 October 1949
United States
Name: Peconic
Owner: MSTS
Fate: Laid up in National Defense Reserve Fleet, Beaumont, Texas, 12 November 1957
Status: Sold for scrapping, 27 July 1982, removed from the fleet, 7 December 1982
General characteristics [3]
Class and type: Klickitat-class gasoline tanker
Type: Type T1-MT-BT1 tanker
Displacement:
  • 1,980 long tons (2,012 t) (light)
  • 5,970 long tons (6,066 t) (full load)
Length: 325 ft 2 in (99.11 m)
Beam: 48 ft 2 in (14.68 m)
Draft: 19 ft (5.8 m)
Installed power:
Propulsion:
Speed: 10 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)
Complement: 80
Armament:

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]

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

Bibliography
  • "Peconic". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Naval History and Heritage Command. 19 August 2015. Retrieved 11 February 2020. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  • "USS Peconic (AOG-68)". Navsource.org. 19 December 2014. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
  • "St. John's River Shipbuilding, Jacksonville FL". www.ShipbuildingHistory.com. 16 October 2010. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
  • Maritime Administration. "Peconic". Ship History Database Vessel Status Card. U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
  • "USS Peconic". Retrieved 11 February 2020.


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