The ''Escambia''-class oilers were a class of twelve
T2-SE-A2 tankers that served in the
United States Navy
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, built during
World War II
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.
[Silverstone, pp. 265–266] The ships were named for United States rivers with
Native American names. They were very similar to the
''Suamico'' class (of which they are sometimes accounted a subclass), differing principally in having the more powerful turboelectric plant of the
P2-SE2 transports which developed 10,000 shp.
All of the ships were decommissioned and transferred to the
Military Sea Transportation Service
The Military Sealift Command (MSC) is an organization that controls the replenishment and military transport ships of the United States Navy. Military Sealift Command has the responsibility for providing sealift and ocean transportation for all U ...
in the post-war period. Several were later transferred to the
United States Army
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and converted to floating
electricity generating stations, and served in that role in
Vietnam
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.
Ships
* , 1943
* , 1943
* , ex-''Lackawapen'', 1944
* , 1944
* , 1943
* , 1943
* , 1944
* , 1944
* , 1944
* , ex-''Mission San Xavier'', converted to AW-3
* , ex-''Mission San Lorenzo'', converted to AW-4
* , ex-''Mission Santa Ana'', converted to water supply ship.
* , ex-''Mission Alamo'', 1945
* , ex-''Mission Los Angeles'', 1945
* , ex-''Mission San Francisco'', 1945
See also
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United States Navy oiler
A replenishment oiler or replenishment tanker is a naval auxiliary ship with fuel tanks and dry cargo holds which can supply both fuel and dry stores during underway replenishment (UNREP) at sea. Many countries have used replenishment oilers.
T ...
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T2 tanker
The T2 tanker, or T2, was a class of oil tanker constructed and produced in large numbers in the United States during World War II. Only the T3 tankers were larger "navy oilers" of the period. Some 533 T2s were built between 1940 and the end of 1 ...
Citations
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Turbo-electric steamships
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