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NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive

Contributed by Mike Smolinski

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
Top Row - American Campaign Medal
Second Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (6) - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)
Third Row - National Defense Service Medal Philippines Presidential Unit Citation - Philippines Liberation Medal (1)

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

During World War II USS Sebec was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaigns:

Campaign and Dates	Campaign and Dates
Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
Tinian occupation and capture, 20 July to 10 August 1944	Luzon operation North Luzon and Formosa attacks, 11 to 14 October 1944
Marianas operation Capture and occupation of Guam, 28 July 1944	Okinawa Gunto operation Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 24 March to 30 June 1945 5th and 3d Fleet raids in support of Okinawa Gunto, 2 April to 11 June 1945
Western Caroline Islands operation Raids on Volcano-Bonin Islands and Yap Island, 31 August to 8 September 1944 Capture and occupation of southern Palau Islands, 6 September to 14 October 1944 Luzon attacks, 15 and 18 to 19 October 1944	3d Fleet operations against Japan, 10 to 23 July and 9 to 15 August 1945

Following World War II USS Sebec was assigned to Occupation service in the Far East from 2 September to 13 October 1945

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

USS Sebec earned six battle stars for World War II service

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

Specifications:
Displacement 5,782 t.(lt) 22,380 t.(fl)
Length 523' 6"
Beam 68'
Draft 30' 10"
Speed 15.1 kts,

Complement

Officers 22

Enlisted 245

Largest Boom Capacity 10 t.

Armament

one single 5"/38 cal. dual purpose gun mount

four 3"/50 cal. dual purpose gun mounts

four twin 40mm AA gun mounts

four twin 20mm AA gun mounts

Cargo Capacity 15,300 DWT

Oil 120,400 Bbls

Gasoline 575,000 Gals

Fuel Capacity 9,235 Bbls

Propulsion

one General Electric turbo-electric engine

two Babcock & Wilcox D-type boilers, 600psi, 825°
Ship's Service Generators
two turbo-drive 400Kw 450V A.C.
two turbo-drive 85Kw 120V D.C.
one turbo-drive 55Kw 120V D.C.
one turbo-drive 50Kw 450V A.C.

single propeller, 10,000shp

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Source
SS Sebec (War Shipping Administration)
	68k	Invitation to the Thursday 29 July 1943 launching of SS Sebec at Marinship, Sausalito, CA. US Maritime Commission photo courtesy Auke Visser's Famous T - Tankers Pages	Robert Hurst
	56k	SS Sebec after launching, 39 July 1943, at Marinship, Sausalito, CA. being maneuvered by tugs into her fitting out berth. US Maritime Commission photo courtesy Auke Visser's Famous T - Tankers Pages	Robert Hurst
	71k	*Sebec* (left) and *Ocklawaha* (right), fitting out, circa 1943-44, after launching at Marinship, Sausalito, CA.	Gerhard Mueller-Debus
	81k	*USS Sebec* (AO-87)** at anchor probably off her conversion yard, Kaiser Swan Island Yard, Portland, OR., soon after completion as a Fleet Tanker US Maritime Commission photo courtesy Auke Visser's Famous T - Tankers Pages	Robert Hurst
	80k		Robert Hurst
USS Sebec (AO-87)
	1101k	*USS Sebec* (AO-87)** underway off the coast of California, 28 May 1944. US Navy photo taken from an airship belonging to Lighter-than-Air Airship Squadron (ZP 31), NAS Santa Ana, CA.	David Buell
	877k	*USS Sebec* (AO-87) refueling an Escort Carrier (CVE) at sea, 2 October 1944. The carrier is possibly USS Kitkun Bay (CVE-71)**, ten days before the Battle of Leyte Gulf. BuAer photo # 249014,	David Buell
	70k	Stern view of *USS 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