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AO / T-AOT-73 Millicoma

Suamico Class Fleet Oiler: Laid down as King's Mountain a Maritime Commission type (T2-SE-A1) tanker hull under a Maritime Commission contract by Sun Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co., Chester, PA., 4 August 1942; Renamed Conestoga; Launched as Millicoma, 21 January 1943; Acquired by the Navy, 30 January 1943; Converted for Navy service at Maryland Drydock Co., Baltimore, MD.; Commissioned, USS Millicoma (AO-73), 5 March 1943 at Baltimore, MD; Decommissioned, 21 February 1946 at San Francisco, CA.; Struck from the Naval Register, 12 March 1946; Transferred to the Maritime Commission, June 1946 for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet; . Reacquired by the Navy, February 1948; Assigned to MSTS, 1 October 1949. Reinstated on the Naval Register, 28 April 1950 and placed In-service on a contract charter basis as USNS Millicoma (T-AO-73); Reclassified Oil Transporter (T-AOT), (date unknown); Placed Out-of-service, (date unknown); Struck from the Naval Register, 31 March 1986; Transferred to MARAD for disposal or lay up, 2 February 1987; Final Disposition, fate unknown; Millicoma received eight battle stars for World War II service.

Specifications: Displacement 5,730 t.(lt) 21,880 t.(fl); Length 523' 6"; Beam 68'; Draft 30'; Speed 15.5kts; Complement 251; Armament one single 5"/38 dual purpose gun mount, four single 3"/50 dual purpose gun mounts, 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		Contributed By
	168k	Seen here as USNS Millicoma (T-AO-73) MSC Sealift Magazine US Navy photo		Carl R Friberg Jr

View the Millicoma (AO-73)
DANFS history entry located on the Haze Gray & Underway web site.

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U.S.Navy Memorial Foundation
Fleet Reserve Association

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