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Louden (AOG-70)

Klickitat Class Gasoline Tanker:
  • Laid down, 24 March 1945, M/V Loudon, a Maritime Commission type (T1-MT-BT1) tanker hull, under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 2630) at St Johns River Shipbuilding, Jacksonville, FL.
  • Launched, 26 May 1945
  • Acquired on loan charter basis from the Maritime Commission, named Piscataqua (AOG-70) in 1945
  • Naval acquisition, canceled, 27 August 1945
  • Delivered to the Maritime Commission, 18 September 1945
  • Sold for commercial service by the Maritime Commission, 16 July 1947, to International Tankers, named reverted to M/V Louden
  • Resold in 1948, renamed M/V Transwell
  • Resold in 1950, renamed M/V Salamanca
  • Final Disposition, scrapped in 1972
    Specifications:
    Displacement 1,980 t.(lt), 5,970 t.(fl)
    Length 325' 4"
    Beam 48' 2"
    Draft 19'
    Speed 11 kts.
    Complement 80
    Armament none
    Cargo Capacity 30,000bbls
    Propulsion Propulsion, diesel direct drive, single propeller, 1,700shp
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