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|  ONI 222 |
| Tonnage | 6013 tons light 21,077 tons fully loaded |
| Dimensions | 501'5" by 68' by 30'2" 152.8m by 20.7m by 9.2m |
| Maximum speed | 16.5 knots |
| Complement | 214 |
| Armament | 1 5"/38
dual
purpose guns 4 3"/50 AA guns 4x2 40mm Bofors AA guns 4x2 20mm Oerlikon AA guns |
| Machinery |
1-shaft Westinghouse geared
turbine (12,000
shp) 2 Foster-Wheeler "P" boilers |
| Bunkerage |
1550 tons |
| Capacity | 129,000 barrels |
The Kennebecs
were completed for Socony-Vacuum Oil
Company from 1941 as
Maritime
Commission standard
T2-SO tankers. They were
based on a successful civilian design used in the Beaumont Canal in
Texas, but with Navy subsidies for much more powerful machinery, to
permit
them to operate as fleet oilers in the event of war. All were
immediately taken over by the U.S. Navy when war broke out in the
Pacific.
The ships were equipped with eight center and
sixteen wing tanks, of which several were modified during navalization
to carry gasoline, diesel fuel, and lubricating oil. They had three
main cargo pumps, each with a capacity of 1900 gallons per minute (7200
liters per minute). This allowed the vessel to unload in about 16
hours. There were also three stripping pumps with a capacity of 400
gallons per minute (1500 liters per minute).
None were
lost in the Pacific.
| Kankakee |
Arrived 1942-6 |
| Lackawanna
|
Arrived 1942-8 |
| Neosho |
Completed 1942-9-19 (San Francisco) |
| Merrimack
|
Arrived 1944-10 |
| Winooski |
Arrived
1944-10-22 |
| Kennebec
|
Arrived 1945-7 |
References
DANFS
Navsource.org
(accessed 2009-2-19)
Wildenberg (1996)
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