Mettawee class gasoline tanker

USS Mettawee (AOG-17) USS Mettawee
Class overview
Name:	Mettawee
Completed:	34
General characteristics
Type:	Gasoline Tanker
Displacement:	2,280 tons (fully loaded)
Length:	221 ft (67 m)
Beam:	14 ft (4.3 m)
Draft:	37 ft (11 m)
Propulsion:	One screw, diesel engines, 720 hp
Speed:	9.5 knots (18 km/h)
Complement:	58
Armament:	One 3"/50 caliber gun Two Bofors 40 mm gun Three Oerlikon 20 mm cannon

The Mettawee-class gasoline tanker was a class of small gasoline tankers based on the Maritime Commission standard T1-M-A2 hull that served in World War II. The ships were completed between 1943 and 1945. Despite being charged with the dangerous task of carrying a highly volatile cargo into battle, none of the Mettawee-class tankers were destroyed.

Ships in Class

• USS Mettawee (AOG-17)
• USS Pasquotank (AOG-18)
• USS Sakatonchee (AOG-19)
• USS Seekonk (AOG-20)
• USS Sequatchie (AOG-21)
• USS Wautauga (AOG-22)
• USS Ammonusuc (AOG-23)
• USS Sheepscot (AOG-24)
• USS Calamus (AOG-25)
• USS Chiwaukum (AOG-26)
• USS Escatawpa (AOG-27)
• USS Gualala (AOG-28)
• USS Hiwassee (AOG-29)
• USS Kalamazoo (AOG-30)
• USS Kanawha (AOG-31)
• USS Narraguagas (AOG-32)
• USS Ochlockonee (AOG-33)
• USS Oconee (AOG-34)
• USS Ogeechee (AOG-35)
• USS Ontonagon (AOG-36)
• USS Yahara (AOG-37)
• USS Ponchatoula (AOG-38)
• USS Quastinet (AOG-39)
• USS Sacandaga (AOG-40)
• USS Tetonkaha (AOG-41)
• USS Towaliga (AOG-42)
• USS Tularosa (AOG-43)
• USS Wakulla (AOG-44)
• USS Yacona (AOG-45)
• USS Waupaca (AOG-46)
• USS Manokin (AOG-60)
• USS Sakonnet (AOG-61)
• USS Conemaugh (AOG-62)
• USS Klaskanine (AOG-63)

References

• Budge, Kent. "Mettawee Class, U.S. Gasoline Tankers". The Pacific War Online Encyclopedia. http://pwencycl.kgbudge.com/M/e/Mettawee_class.htm. Retrieved 2007-11-02. 
• "Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-1945". HyperWar. http://ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/ships/ships-ao.html#mettawee. Retrieved 2007-11-02.