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Quinnebaug (AOG-71)

Klickitat Class Gasoline Tanker:
  • Laid down, date unknown, as Lafitte, a Maritime Commission type (T1-MT-BT1) tanker hull, under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 2631) at St Johns River Shipbuilding, Jacksonville, FL.
  • Launched, date unknown
  • Acquired on loan charter basis from the Maritime Commission, named Quinnebaug (AOG-71) in 1945
  • Naval acquisition, canceled, 27 August 1945
  • Delivered to the Maritime Commission in September 1945
  • Completed by Maryland Dry Dock Co., Baltimore, MD.
  • sold in 1948 to International Tankers, S.A., Panama
  • Sold in 1952 to Seatankers, Inc., Monrovia, Liberia
  • Sold in 1960 to - Hall Corporation of Canada, Montreal, Canada., Renamed M/T River Transport
  • Ownership name changed in 1969 to Hall Corporation (Shipping) Montreal, Canada
  • Sold in 1975 to Navipac S.A., Guayaquil, Equador, renamed M/T Don Ernesto, reflagged Panama
  • Final Disposition, broken up 1998, work began in October (presumably in Ecuador, sale reported 2002)
    Specifications:
    Displacement 1,980 t.(lt) 5,970 t.(fl)
    Length 325' 2"
    Beam 48' 2"
    Draft 19' (limiting)
    Speed 10 kts.(trial)
    Complement
    Officers 8
    Enlisted 72
    Largest Boom Capacity 5 tons.
    Armament
    one single 3"/50 dual purpose gun mount
    two single 40mm AA gun mounts
    three single 20mm AA gun mounts
    Cargo Capacity
    Diesel 10,465 Bbls.
    Gasoline 871,332 Gals.
    Propulsion
    one Enterprise DNQ-38 Diesel engine
    Single Westinghouse Main Reduction Gears
    two Diesel-drive 250Kw. 240V D.C. Ship's Service Generators
    Fuel Capacity 1,110 Bbls Diesel
    single propeller, 800shp
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    Quinnebaug 54k Ex-Quinnebaug (AOG-71) underway while in merchant service as the Hall Corporation tanker M/T River Transport, circa 1960-69, location unknown.
    Photo courtesy Auke Visser's Famous T - Tankers Pages.    		 Robert Hurst
    Quinnebaug 51k M/T River Transport underway, circa 1960-69, location unknown.
    Photo by Marcus Berger courtesy Auke Visser's Famous T - Tankers Pages.    		 Robert Hurst
    Quinnebaug 78k Ex-Quinnebaug (AOG-71) underway while in merchant service as the Navipac S.A tanker M/T Don Ernesto, circa 1975 or later, location unknown.
    Photo from the collection of Jeff Cameron, Canada, courtesy Auke Visser's Famous T - Tankers Pages.    		 Robert Hurst
    Quinnebaug 67k Navipac S.A tanker M/T Don Ernesto under way, date and location unknown.
    Photo from the collection of Jeff Cameron, Canada, courtesy Auke Visser's Famous T - Tankers Pages.    		 Robert Hurst
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