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Tellico (AOG-74)

Klickitat Class Gasoline Tanker:
  • Laid down, 15 May 1945, as M/V Ville Platte, a Maritime Commission type (T1-MT-BT1) tanker hull, under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 2634) at St Johns River Shipbuilding, Jacksonville, FL.
  • Acquired on loan charter basis from the Maritime Commission, named Tellico (AOG-74) in 1945
  • Launched, 23 August 1945
  • Naval acquisition canceled, 27 August 1945
  • Delivered to the Maritime Commission 75% complete in 1945
  • Sold to International Tankers, 16 July 1947
  • Completed in 1951 by Todd Shipyard, Brooklyn, N.Y.
  • Placed in commercial service as MV Tellico, Panamanian flagged
  • Resold, and renamed as M/V Transea, Liberian flagged
  • Resold and renamed M/V Sea Transporter, Canadian flagged
  • Resold and renamed M/V Sea Transport, Canadian flagged
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 1,980 t.(lt), 5,970 t.(fl)
    Length 325' 4"
    Beam 48' 2"
    Draft 19'
    Speed 11 kts.
    Complement 80
    Armament
    one single 3"/50 dual purpose gun mount
    two single 40mm AA gun mounts
    three single 20mm A gun mounts
    Cargo Capacity 30,000bbls
    Propulsion Propulsion, diesel direct drive, single propeller, 1,700shp
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    Tellico
    09207401    		 92k Ex-Tellico (AOG-74) underway while in merchant service as Hall Corp. Ltd. tanker M/V Sea Transport, date and location unknown.
    Auke Visser's Famous T-Tankers Pages    		 Robert Hurst
    Tellico
    09207402    		 96k M/V Sea Transport underway, date and location unknown.
    Auke Visser's Famous T-Tankers Pages    		 Robert Hurst
    Tellico
    09207403    		 76k M/V Sea Transport in Eisenhower-Lock, Massena, N.Y., date unknown.
    Auke Visser's Famous T-Tankers Pages    		 Robert Hurst
    Tellico (AOG-74)
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