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AO / AOT-67 Cache

Suamico Class Fleet Oiler: Laid down as SS Stillwater under Maritime Commission contract, (MC type T2-SE-A2) at Sun Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Chester, PA; Launched, 7 September 1942; Commissioned USS Cache (AO-67), 3 November 1942; Decommissioned, 14 January 1946 at San Francisco, CA; Struck from the Naval Register, (date unknown); Transferred to the Maritime Commission, June 1946 for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet; Reaquired, 10 February 1948 operated under contract to Naval Transportation Service; Transferred to MSTS, 10 October 1949 and placed In-Service as USNS Cache (T-AOT-67); Placed Out-of-Service, (date unknown); Struck from the Naval Register, (date unknown); Transferred to the Maritime Administration for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet; Final disposition, fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 5,782 t.(lt) 21,880 t.(fl); Length 523' 6"; Beam 68'; Draft 30'; Speed 15.5kts; Complement 251; Armament one 5"/38 dual purpose gun mount, four 3"/50 guns, four twin 40mm gun mounts, four twin 20mm gun mounts; Capacity 140,000 barrels; Propulsion, turbo-electric, single screw. 8,000hp.

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Source
	65k	-		Hyperwar US Navy in WWII

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Fleet Reserve Association
Reunions Magazine

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