Photograph taken from USS Pivot (AM-276) in the Pacific in 1945 of an unknown Escambia class vessel being hit
Photograph taken from the Pivot (AM-276) in the Pacific Theater in 1945 of an unknown Escambia class vessel being hit
Class overview
BuildersMarinship, Sausalito, California
Operators United States Navy
Built1942–1945
In commission1943–1946
Completed12
General characteristics
TypeT2 Tanker
Displacement
  • 5,782 long tons (5,875 t) light
  • 21,880 long tons (22,231 t) full
Length523 ft 6 in (159.56 m)
Beam68 ft (21 m)
Draft30 ft 10 in (9.40 m)
Propulsionturbo-electric transmission, single screw, 8,000 shp (5,966 kW)
Speed15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Capacity140,000 barrels (22,000 m3)
Complement267 officers and enlisted
Armament

The Escambia-class oilers were a class of twelve T2-SE-A2 tankers that served in the United States Navy, built during World War II. The ships were named for United States rivers with Native American names. They were very similar to the Suamico class (of which they are sometimes accounted a subclass), differing principally in having the more powerful turboelectric plant of the P2-SE2 transports which developed 10,000 shp.

All of the ships were decommissioned and transferred to the Military Sea Transportation Service in the post-war period. Several were later transferred to the United States Army and converted to floating electricity generating stations, and served in that role in Vietnam.

Ships

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