USS Noxubee (AOG-56)
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 United States
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| Name: | USS Noxubee |
| Ordered: | as T1-MT-M1 tanker hull |
| Laid down: | 17 November 1944 |
| Launched: | 3 April 1945 |
| Commissioned: | 19 October 1945 |
| Decommissioned: | 6 March 1959 |
| In service: | 10 September 1966 |
| Out of service: | 1975 |
| Struck: | 1 July 1975 |
| Fate: | sold by MARAD for scrapping |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Patapsco-class gasoline tanker |
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| Length: | 310 ft 9 in (94.72 m) |
| Beam: | 48 ft 6 in (14.78 m) |
| Draft: | 15 ft 8 in (4.78 m) |
| Propulsion: | 4 × General Electric diesel engines, electric drive, twin shafts, 3,300 hp (2,461 kW) |
| Speed: | 14 knots (16 mph; 26 km/h) |
| Capacity: | 2,120 long tons deadweight (DWT) |
| Complement: | 131 |
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| Service record | |
| Operations: | Vietnam War |
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USS Noxubee (AOG-56) was a Patapsco-class gasoline tanker acquired by the U.S. Navy for the task of transporting gasoline to warships in the fleet, and to remote Navy stations. She served in a commissioned status from 1945–1959, and 1965-1975. She was named for a river in Mississippi.
Noxubee was designed to replenish shore bases and ships. In addition she carried a limited quantity of light freight and provisions, and was capable of replenishing ships at sea. Although designated a gasoline tanker she frequently carried a split cargo of aviation gasoline, motor gasoline, diesel fuel, jet fuel, and Navy Special Fuel Oil.
Noxubee was built by Cargill, Incorporated, Savage, Minnesota. Her keel was laid 17 November 1944. She was launched on 3 April 1945, under the sponsorship of Mrs. Wilbur F. Bagley of Minneapolis, Minnesota. Mrs. Bagley, representing the shipyard workers, was the wife of a veteran Cargill employee. Their son, Sergeant Wilbur L. Bagley, USMC had given his life for his country in the Solomon Islands.
Noxubee had a length of 310 feet, 10 inches; extreme beam, 48 feet 7 inches; displacement of 4,160 tons; draft, 15 feet, 0 inches; and a top speed of 14 knots. Her original complement was 8 officers and 116 men. When first commissioned she was armed with four 3-inch 50 caliber guns. Her cargo capacity was 680,000 gallons of petroleum products, approximately 2000 tons. Noxubee commissioned at Algiers, Louisiana, 19 October 1945, Lieutenant John Lande, USNR, commanding.
Noxubee departed New Orleans on 6 November 1945, for shakedown training in the Gulf of Mexico operating out of Galveston, Texas. On 12 January 1946 she began the first of two round trips to Bermuda. On 26 February, she put to sea from Galena, Texas bound for Trinidad and Guantanamo Bay and then to a re-fueling rendezvous with fleet tugs Mosopelea and Hopi. On 2 April, she arrived at Bermuda for a three-day stay. Departing Bermuda she steamed north for Philadelphia, Norfolk, and then on to NS Argentia, Newfoundland, and back to Norfolk.
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