USS Nodaway (AOG-67)

USS Nodaway (AOG-67), was a type T1 Klickitat-class gasoline tanker built for the US Navy during World War II. She was named after the Nodaway River, in Iowa. Nodaway (AOG-67) was never commissioned into the US Navy.

For other ships with the same name, see USS Nodaway.
History
Name: Nodaway
Namesake: Nodaway River
Ordered: as type (T1-M-BT1) hull, MC hull 2627
Awarded: 26 July 1944
Builder: St. Johns River Shipbuilding Company, Jacksonville, Florida[1]
Cost: $1,022,203.48[2]
Yard number: 86
Way number: 2
Laid down: 22 January 1945
Launched: 14 April 1945
Completed: 18 September 1945
Acquired: Acquisition canceled, 27 August 1945
Renamed: West Ranch
Stricken: 21 January 1946
Identification:
Fate: Sold for commercial use, 1946
United States
Name: Dynafuel
Owner: Sun Oil
Fate: Scrapped 14 November 1963
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

Nodaway was laid down on 22 January 1945, under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MC hull 2627, by the St. Johns River Shipbuilding Company, Jacksonville, Florida; acquisition by the US Navy was cancelled on 27 August 1945.[1][2][4]

Service history

Completed by Merrill-Stevens Drydock & Repair Co., 18 September 1945, she was renamed West Ranch. She was sold to Sun Oil, in 1946, and renamed Dynafuel. On 14 November 1963, she collided near Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts, with the Norwegian freighter SS Fernview. She was scrapped later in 1963, due to the damage from the collision and fire.[3]

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

Bibliography
  • "Nodaway". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Naval History and Heritage Command. 13 August 2015. Retrieved 11 February 2020. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  • "USS Nodaway (AOG-67)". 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.
  • "USS Nodaway". Retrieved 11 February 2020.


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