USS Truckee (AOG-75)
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 United States
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| Name: | USS Truckee (AOG-75) |
| Builder: |
St. John River Shipbuilding Co. Jacksonville, FL. |
| Laid down: | 28 May 1945 as Eola |
| Launched: | 30 August 1945 |
| Out of service: | 1977 |
| Fate: | transferred to Luzon Stevedoring Corp, March 1970 and later scrapped in 1977. |
| History | |
| General characteristics as USS Truckee (AOG-75) | |
| Class and type: | T1-M-BT1 Gasoline Tanker |
| Displacement: | 1,980 t.(lt) |
| Length: | 325' ft. 4" in. |
| Beam: | 48 ft (15 m) |
| Draft: | 19 ft (5.8 m) |
| Propulsion: | 1 × diesel engine, 1700 shp. |
| Speed: | 11 knots (20 km/h) |
| Capacity: | 30,000 bbl. |
| Complement: | 80 |
| Armament: | one 3"/50 mount, two 40mm AA gun mounts, three 20mm gun mounts. |
The USS Truckee (AOG-75) was a gasoline tanker acquired by the US Navy for the task of transporting
gasoline to both other naval vessels and bases.
Truckee was laid down on May 28th, 1945 as the MV Eola, a type (T1-MT-BT1) under Maritime Commission contract at St. Johns River Shipbuilding, Jacksonville, FL., and later acquired by the US Navy on a charter loan basis.
Post-War Decommissioning[edit]
Naval acquisition for the Truckee was canceled on August 11th, 1945 and it was sold by the Maritime Commission on July 16th, 1947 to International Tankers where it was renamed to the MT Eola. It was later sold again to Standard Oil where it was renamed to the MT California Standard. The California Standard was again sold for the final time to Luzon Stevedoring Corp located in Manilla, where it was renamed M/V LSCO Transpacific. and later scrapped in 1977.
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