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AO-94 Anacostia
Escambia Class Fleet Oiler: Laid down, as Mission Alamo a Maritime Commission type (T2-SE-A2) tanker hull under a Maritime Commission contract at Marinship, Sausalito, CA; Launched, 24 September 1944; Commissioned USS Anacostia (AO-94), 25 February 1945; Decommissioned, (date unknown); Struck from the Naval Register, (date unknown); Transferred to the Maritime Commission, (date unknown), for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet; Reinstated in the Naval Register, (date unknown); Assigned to the Navy Transportation Service; Reassigned to MSTS, 1 October 1949, and placed In-service as USNS Anacostia (T-AO-94); Placed Out-of-service, (date unknown); Struck from the Naval Register, (date unknown); Transferred to MARAD for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, (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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