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AO-84 Oklawaha

Escambia Class Fleet Oiler: Laid down, (date unknown), as a Maritime Commission type (T2-SE-A2) tanker hull under a Maritime Commission contract at Marinship, Sausalito, CA; Launched, (date unknown); Commissioned USS Oklawaha (AO-84), 9 March 1944; Decommissioned, (date unknown); Struck from the Naval Register, (date unknown); Transferred to the Maritime Commission for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet; Reacquired by the Navy, c. 1948; Operated under contract to Naval Transportation Service; Placed In-Service by MSTS as USNS Oklawaha (T-AO-84), 1 October 1949; Placed Out-of-Service, (date unknown); Transferred to the Maritime Administration for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet; Struck from the Naval Register, (date unknown); Final Disposition, fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 5,782 t.(lt) 21,880 t.(fl); Length 523' 6"; Beam 68'; Draft 30' 10"; Speed 15kts; Complement 267; 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, 8,000shp.

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