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AOG-60 Manokin
Sequatchie Class Gasoline Tanker: Laid down, 28 June 1943, as Rodes Bay, a Maritime Commission type (T1-M-A2) tanker hull, under a Maritime Commission contract, at Todd-Galveston Dry Dock Inc., Galveston, TX.; Renamed Manokin, 14 December 1943; Launched, 25 January 1944; Acquired by the Navy from the Maritime Commission, 3 October 1944; Commissioned USS Manokin (AOG-60), 27 October 1944, at Houston, TX.; Decommissioned, 27 March 1946, at Richmond, CA.; Struck from the Naval Register, 1 May 1946; Transferred to the Maritime Commission, 10 September 1946, for disposal; Final Disposition, fate unknown.
Specifications: Displacement 846 t.(lt) 2,270 t.(fl); Length 220' 6"; Beam 37'; Draft 17'; Speed 10 kts; Complement 62; Armament, one single 3"/50 dual purpose gun mount, two 40mm guns, three single 20mm gun mounts; Cargo DWT 1,228; Propulsion, diesel direct drive, single screw, 720hp.
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