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| Career (USA)
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| Name: |
USNS Chattahoochee (T-AOG-82) |
| Builder: |
Bethlehem Steel, Baltimore, MD |
| Laid down: |
1 may 1956 |
| Launched: |
4 December 1956 |
| Acquired: |
22 October 1957 |
| Fate: |
disposed of by MARAD sale, 16 December 2006, to Teroaka Company of Japan |
| General characteristics
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| Type: |
T1-M2-4A arctic tanker hull |
| Displacement: |
2,367 t.(lt) 5,720 t.(fl) |
| Length: |
302 feet (92 m) |
| Beam: |
61 feet (19 m) |
| Draft: |
23 feet (7.0 m) |
| Propulsion: |
diesel electric, two shafts, 3,200hp |
| Speed: |
13 knots (24 km/h) |
| Capacity: |
30,000-bbls |
| Complement: |
51 |
Chattahoochee (T-AOG-82) was launched on 4 December 1956 by Bethlehem Steel Corp., Staten Island, and delivered to the Navy for assignment to Military Sea Transportation Service on 22 October 1957. She was taken out of service and sold to a private concern in 2006.
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