Patapsco class gasoline tanker

USS Patapsco (AOG-1) USS Patapsco (AOG-1)
Class overview
Builders:	Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation Cargill Inc.
Operators:	United States Navy
Built:	1942–1945
In commission:	1943–1960s
General characteristics
Type:	Gasoline tanker
Displacement:	1,850 long tons (1,880 t) light 4,130 long tons (4,196 t) full load
Length:	310 ft 9 in (94.72 m)
Beam:	48 ft 6 in (14.78 m)
Draft:	15 ft 6 in (4.72 m)
Propulsion:	4 × General Electric diesel-electric engines, twin shafts, 3,300 hp (2,461 kW)
Speed:	15.5 knots (17.8 mph; 28.7 km/h)
Capacity:	1,850 long tons (1,880 t) dwt
Complement:	131
Armament:	• 4 × 3"/50 caliber guns • 12 × 20 mm AA guns

The Patapsco-class of gasoline tankers were a class of tankers built for the United States Navy during World War II. The class consisted of 23 tankers, designated AOG-1 through AOG-11, and AOG-48 to AOG-59.

Ships

• USS Patapsco (AOG-1)
• USS Kern (AOG-2)
• USS Rio Grande (AOG-3)
• USS Wabash (AOG-4)
• USS Susquehanna (AOG-5)
• USS Agawam (AOG-6)
• USS Elkhorn (AOG-7)
• USS Genesee (AOG-8)
• USS Kishwaukee (AOG-9)
• USS Nemasket (AOG-10)
• USS Tombigbee (AOG-11)
• USS Chehalis (AOG-48)
• USS Chestatee (AOG-49)
• USS Chewaucan (AOG-50)
• USS Maquoketa (AOG-51)
• USS Mattabesset (AOG-52)
• USS Namakagon (AOG-53)
• USS Natchaug (AOG-54)
• USS Nespelen (AOG-55)
• USS Noxubee (AOG-56)
• USS Pecatonica (AOG-57)
• USS Pinnebog (AOG-58)
• USS Wacissa (AOG-59)

References

This article includes text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.