USS Waupaca (AOG-46)
| Career (US) | |
|---|---|
| Ordered: | as T1-M-A2 tanker hull |
| Laid down: | 23 November 1944 |
| Launched: | 4 January 1945 |
| Commissioned: | 9 February 1945 |
| Decommissioned: | 26 March 1946 |
| Struck: | 1 May 1946 |
| Fate: | Sold for commercial service 14 November 1946 |
| Status: | scrapped |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 846 tons(lt) 2,270 tons(fl) |
| Length: | 220 ft 6 in |
| Beam: | 37 ft |
| Draught: | 17 ft |
| Propulsion: | Diesel direct drive, single screw, 720 hp |
| Speed: | 10 knots (19 km/h). |
| Capacity: | 1,228 long tons deadweight (DWT) |
| Complement: | 62 |
| Armament: | one single 3"/50 dual purpose gun mount, two 40 mm guns, three single 20 mm gun mounts |
USS Waupaca (AOG-46) was a Mettawee-class gasoline tanker acquired by the United States Navy for the dangerous task of transporting gasoline to warships in the fleet, and to remote Navy stations.
Waupaca was laid down under a Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 2072) on 23 November 1944, at Bayonne, New Jersey, by the East Coast Shipyard, Inc.; launched on 4 January 1945; sponsored by Miss Muriel A. Porter; and commissioned at Marine Basin, Brooklyn, New Jersey, on 9 February 1945, Lt. William G. Brown, USNR, in command.
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