The T2 tanker design was first adapted from S.S. Mobilfuel and S.S. Mobilube, built for the Socony-Vacuum Company (later to become Mobile Oil). They were 501 feet six inches long overall, with a beam of 68 feet. They were rated at 9,900 tons gross, and a deadweight tonnage of 15,850 tons. They displaced about 21,100 tons. Six of these ships were built by Bethlehem-Sparrows Point Shipyard in Maryland.
Ship | Built | Hull# | USMC Hull# | Comments |
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Corsicana (I) | 8/41 | 4353 | 142 | Renamed KENNEBEC (AO 36), 1942. Laid up in Suisun Bay, 1970. |
Caddo (I) | 10/41 | 4354 | 143 | Renamed MERRIMACK (AO 37), 1942. Stricken, December, 1958. |
Calusa (I) | 1/42 | 4355 | 144 | Renamed WINOOSKI (AO 38), 1942. Renamed Calusa, 1946; Samuel L. Fuller, 1947; Seanymph, 1963; Meracoulosa, 1964. Scrapped, Kaohsiung, September, 1965. |
Catwaba | 2/42 | 4356 | 145 | Renamed NEOSHO (II) (AO 48), 1942. Renamed Catawba, 1946; Tascalusa, 1947; Ascalusa, 1963. Scrapped Hamburg, February, 1964. |
Colina (I) | 3/42 | 4358 | 146 | Completed as KANKAKEE (AO 39). November, 1968, laid up in James River. |
Conastoga (I) | 6/42 | 4359 | 147 | Completed as LACKAWANNA (AO 40). Renamed Conastoga, 1946; Tatarrax, 1947; Thomas A., 1962; Padre Island, 1965. Scrapped Vinaroz, Spain, January, 1967. |
Created by A. Davis Whittaker, Jr.