USS Shikellamy
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USS Shikellamy (AO-90/AOG-47) was a Shikellamy-class gasoline tanker acquired by the U.S. Navy for use in World War II. She had the dangerous task of supplying fuel to ships and stations in the submarine-infested Pacific Ocean.
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United States | |
Laid down | as SS E. W. Sinclair |
Launched | 26 March 1921 |
Completed | April 1921 |
Acquired | 26 March 1943 |
Commissioned | 11 April 1943 |
Decommissioned | 17 January 1946 |
Stricken | February 1946 |
Fate | Returned to the Maritime Commission |
General characteristics | |
Displacement | 10,800 t.(lt) |
Length | 391 ft 6 in (119.33 m) |
Beam | 53 ft (16 m) |
Draught | 23 ft 11 in (7.29 m) |
Speed | 9.5 kts |
Complement | 62 |
Armament | one single 5 in (130 mm) dual purpose gun mount, four 40 mm guns |
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Shikellamy (AO-90) was the former merchant tanker SS Daniel Pierce, owned and operated by the Sinclair Refining Co., New York City. She was acquired by the Navy through the War Shipping Administration on 26 March 1943, on a bare-boat basis. The tanker was converted for Navy use by the Tampa Shipbuilding Co., Tampa, Florida, and placed in commission as Shikellamy (AO-90) on 11 April 1943.