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USAT T. W. Drennen


International Radio Call Sign:
Whiskey - Uniform - Xray - Juliet
 WUXJ
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
Oil Tanker:
  • Built by RTC Shipbuilding Co., Camden, NJ (YN 136)
  • Laid down, 15 January 1941
  • Launched, 19 July 1941
  • Delivered to Ira S. Bushey & Sons, New York, NY, as coastal tanker T.W. Drennen (ON 240961), 03 October 1941
  • Purchased by WSA at New Orleans, LA, 14 December 1941
  • Allocated to the US Army Transportation Corp, date unknown
  • Operated in Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico, early 1942 - spring 1944
  • Assigned to the Southwest Pacific Theater, spring 1944 - 1946
  • Assigned SWPA Fleet number S-610
  • Retained in Army service (AFWESPAC) postwar (still active in Philippines April 1949)
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown (deleted from registers 1951)
    Specifications:
    Displacement 1737 gross tons / 1427 net tons
    Length 251' 6" waterline, 275' 0" overall
    Beam 42' 0"
    Draft 18' 0"
    Speed unknown
    Complement
    Armament two single 20mm AA gun mounts
    Cargo Capacity 22,000 barrels
    Cruise Radius unknown
    Propulsion
    one 7-cyl Fairbanks-Morse Model 37 diesel engine
    single screw, 1225bhp
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    Namesake
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    Thomas Wheeler Drennen was born 26 June 1894 in New York City. After serving as an army clerk in France during World War One, Drennen spent most of his subsequent life as a manager for Fairbanks Morse and Company. He died at Chester Springs, Pennsyvlania, 06 September 1965.

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    T.W. Drennen
    302020301    		 145k Prewar photo of T.W. Drennen underway, date and location unknown.
    Photo from a 1941 Fairbanks-Morse advertisement in Motorship magazine    		 Dave Wright
    T.W. Drennen
    302020302    		 44k Prewar photo of T.W. Drennen's engine room.
    Photo from a 1941 Fairbanks-Morse advertisement in Motorship magazine    		 Dave Wright
    There is no history record available for USAT T. W. Drennen at NavSource
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    MARAD Vessel History Database
    1944 Australian port movement records for USAT T.W. Drennen
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