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USNS Sebec (T-AO-87)
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 USS Sebec (AO-87) (1944 - 1946)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Kilo - India - November
NKIN
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (6) - World War II Victory Medal
Escambia Class Fleet Oiler:
  • Laid down, 20 May 1943, as a Maritime Commission type (T2-SE-A2) tanker hull under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 1266) at Marinship, Sausalito, CA.
  • Launched, 29 July 1943
  • Delivered to Kaiser Swan Island Yard, Portland, OR., for completion and conversion to a Fleet Oiler
  • Commissioned USS Sebec (AO-87), 29 March 1944, LCDR. Howard M. Elder, USNR, in command
  • Decommissioned, 7 February 1946, at San Francisco, CA.
  • Struck from the Naval Register 26 February 1946
  • Transferred to the Maritime Commission, 30 June 1946, for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay Group, Benecia, CA.
  • Leased to Pacific Tankers Inc., 31 October 1946, for service with the Naval Transportation Service (NTS)
  • Reinstated in the Naval Register, 28 April 1950
  • Assigned to the Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS) and placed in service as USNS Sebec (T-AO-87)
  • Placed out of service, struck from the Naval Register and returned to the Maritime Commission for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay Group, 22 December 1955
  • Reinstated in the Naval Register, 21 July 1956, again assigned to MSTS, and placed in service as USNS Sebec (T-AO-87) to be operated under contract for MSTS by the Joshua Hendy Corp.
  • Placed out of service, struck from the Naval Register, and returned to MARAD, 3 September 1957, for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Beaumont, TX. Group
  • Acquired by the US Army, 9 June 1966 and converted to a floating power station for Vietnam service at Bender Shipbuilding and Repair Co., Mobile, AL.
  • Final Disposition, title transferred to MARAD for the US Army and subsequently sold for scrapping, 9 September 1974, to Dongkuk Steel Co., Ltd., Seoul, South Korea
  • Sebec received six battle stars for World War II service
    Specifications:
    Displacement 5,782 t.(lt), 21,880 t.(fl)
    Length 523' 6"
    Beam 68'
    Draft 30' 10"
    Speed 15 kts.
    Complement 267
    Armament
    one single 5"/38 dual purpose gun mount
    four single 3"/50 dual purpose gun mounts four twin 40mm AA gun mounts
    four twin 20mm AA gun mounts
    Cargo Capacity 140,000 barrels
    Propulsion turbo-electric, single screw, 8,000shp
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    Sebec 877k Sebec (AO-87) refueling an Escort Carrier (CVE) at sea, 2 October 1944. The carrier is possibly Kitkun Bay (CVE-71), ten days before the Battle of Leyte Gulf.
    BuAer photo # 249014,    		 David Buell
    Sebec 70k Stern view of Sebec (AO-87) at anchor date and location unknown. She is probably wearing Measure 32 patterned camouflage. US Navy photo, courtesy Floating Drydock. Robert Hurst
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    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S.Navy Memorial Foundation
    Fleet Reserve Association
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
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