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NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive

USNS Potomac (T-AO-150)

Maumee Class Fleet Oiler:

Laid down, 9 June 1955, as SS Potomaca Maritime Administration type (T3-S-12a) tanker hull under Maritime Administration contract (MA hull 39) at Sun Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Chester, PA.

Launched, 8 October 1956

Placed in service by the Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS), 17 December 1956 as USNS Potomac (T-AO-150)

Operated for MSTS by Marine Transport Lines under a long-term consecutive-voyage charter

Destroyed, 26 September 1961, by fire at Moorehead City, N.C.

Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown

Final Disposition, transferred to the Maritime Administration, dates unknown, stern section used in construction of SS Shenandoah which was renamed Potomac (T-AO-181)

Specifications:
Displacement 7,814 t.(lt) 34,757 t.(fl)
Length 620'
Beam 84'
Draft 34' (max)
Speed 20 kts.
Complement 52
Armament none
Cargo Capacity 190,000-bbls
Propulsion steam turbine, single shaft

Size	Image Description	Contributed By
217k	*USNS Potomac* (T-AO-150)** underway, date and location unknown.	Robert Hurst
73k	*USNS Potomac* (T-AO-150)** burning at Moorehead City, N.C. The ship burned for 5 days, the fire started on 26 September 1961.	James L. Pittman
45k	*USNS Potomac* (T-AO-150) burning in the background at Moorehead City, N.C. The Salvage and Rescue crew from USS Oglethorpe (AKA-100 fought the fires. John Farley, in foreground, coxswain of one of Oglethorpe**'s Mike 8 boats stands beside his boat between runs to fight the fire in the background.	Dennis McDowell USS Oglethorpe
67k	*USNS Potomac* (T-AO-150) burning in the background at Moorehead City, USS Oglethorpe (AKA-100** crew members loading Mike 8 with fire fighting equipment.	Dennis McDowell USS Oglethorpe
49k	*USS Potomac* (T-AO-150) burning at Moorehead City, September 1961 while USS Oglethorpe (AKA-100** crew member, Dennis McDowell, sprays foam on the water in the harbor to contain the fires on the ship.	Dennis McDowell USS Oglethorpe
56k
55k
55k	*USNS Potomac* (T-AO-150)** burning at Moorehead City, September 1961.	Dennis McDowell USS Oglethorpe
40k	*USNS Potomac* (T-AO-150)** burning at Moorehead City, September 1961.	Dennis McDowell USS Oglethorpe
39k	*USS Potomac* (T-AO-150)** burning at Moorehead City, September 1961.	Dennis McDowell USS Oglethorpe
51k	*USNS Potomac* (T-AO-150)** burning at Moorehead City, September 1961.	Dennis McDowell USS Oglethorpe
43k	*USNS Potomac* (T-AO-150)** burning at Moorehead City, September 1961.	Dennis McDowell USS Oglethorpe
45k	*USNS Potomac* (T-AO-150)** burning at Moorehead City, September 1961.	Dennis McDowell USS Oglethorpe
42k	*USNS Potomac* (T-AO-150)** burning at Moorehead City, September 1961.	Dennis McDowell USS Oglethorpe
40k	*USNS Potomac* (T-AO-150)** burning at Moorehead City, September 1961.	Dennis McDowell USS Oglethorpe