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USNS Roanoke (T-AO-155)

Suamico Class Fleet Oiler:

Laid down, 3 April 1944, as SS Esso Roanoke, a Maritime Administration type (T-2-SE-A1) tanker hull under Maritime Commission contract (MC 1749) at Sun Shipbuilding and Drydock Co., Chester, PA.

Launched, 30 June 1944

Completed and delivered to Standard Oil of N.J., 14 July 1944, as a time-charter

Sold to ESSO Shipping Co., New York, N.Y., 4 November 1945

Returned to the Maritime Commission, 29 September 1955, for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River Group, Lee Hall, VA.

Renamed SS Roanoke, October 1956

Reactived and transferred to the US Navy Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS), 12 June 1956, placed in service as USNS Roanoke (T-AO 155)

Returned to the Maritime Administration (MARAD), 21 October 1957, for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Beaumont TX.

Struck from the Naval Register in 1957

Title transfer to Sea-Land Service, 25 April 1969, MARAD Exchange Program

Converted to a container ship in 1969 at Willamette Iron and Steel Corp., Portland, OR.

Aft section joined to fore and mid-body of the C-4 type SS Baltimore, the former SS Marine Cardinal, and converted to a container carrier

length 497ft

beam 72ft

10,498GRT, 9,036DWT

Finished ship was the Sea Land Services Co.'s SS Baltimore, 18 March 1970

Sold to Monterey Transportation Co. Inc., December 1970

Final Disposition, scrapped foreign, March 1985

Specifications (As Built):
Displacement 10,200 t.(lt) 22,380 t.(fl)
Length 523' 6"
Beam 68'
Draft 30' 10"
Speed 15.1 kts.
Complement unknown

Largest Boom Capacity 10 t.

Armament none

Cargo Capacity 15,300 DWT

Oil 120,400 Bbls

Gasoline 575,000 Gals

Fuel Capacity

NSFO 9,235 Bbls,

Propulsion

one General Electric turbo-electric engine

two Babcock and Wilcox header-type boiler, 450psi 730°
Ship's Service Generators
two turbo-drive 400Kw 450V A.C.
two turbo-drive 85Kw 120V D.C.
two turbo-drive 55Kw 120V D.C.
one turbo-drive 50Kw 450V A.C.

single propeller, 6,000shp

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By
Merchant Service Standard Oil of New Jersey< Sea Land Services
091915506	217k	SS ESSO Roanoke underway outbound to sea, 30 August 1944, location unknown. USCG Photo	MARAD
	37k	SS ESSO Roanoke launching, 30 June 1944, at Sun Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co., Chester, PA. Photo courtesy Auke Visser's Famous T - Tankers Pages	Robert Hurst
	54k	Sea Land Services containership SS Baltimore underway, date and location unknown. Photo courtesy Auke Visser's Famous T - Tankers Pages	Robert Hurst
	1292k	SS Baltimore moored pierside at Bremerhaven, Germany while working cargo in August 1972.	Photo by Gerhard Mueller-Debus
	1219k		Photo by Gerhard Mueller-Debus
091915505	46k	Sea Land Services containership SS Baltimore underway, date and location unknown. Photo courtesy Auke Visser's Famous T - Tankers Pages	Robert Hurst

There is no DANFS History available for USNS Roanoke (T-AO-155) at NavSource

Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
(ESSO Roanoke) MARAD Vessel History Database
(Roanoke) MARAD Vessel History Database

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