USS Monongahela (AO-42)
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The second USS Monongahela (AO-42) was a Kennebec-class oiler (Mattaponi subclass) in the United States Navy which saw service during World War II and the Korean War. She was the second U.S. Navy ship named for the Monongahela River in West Virginia and Pennsylvania.
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Monongahela.
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United States | |
Name | USS Monongahela |
Namesake | Monongahela River |
Builder | Sun Shipbuilding & Drydock Co., Chester, Pennsylvania |
Launched | 1942 (1942) |
Acquired | 1942-07-31 |
Commissioned | 1942-09-11 |
Decommissioned | 1950-06-09 |
Recommissioned | 1951-01-09 |
Decommissioned | 1955-06-10 |
Recommissioned | 1956-12-28 |
Decommissioned | 1957-08-22 |
Stricken | 1959-02-01 (1959-02-02) |
Honors and awards |
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Fate | Sold for scrapping, 1982-03-25 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Mattaponi class oiler |
Type | MARAD T2-A |
Tonnage | 16,400 DWT |
Displacement | 21,750 tons |
Length | 520 ft (160 m) |
Beam | 68 ft (21 m) |
Draft | 29 ft 11.5 in (9.131 m) |
Depth | 37 ft (11 m) |
Installed power | 12,000 shp (8,900 kW) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 16.5 knots (30.6 km/h) |
Range | 7,200 nmi (13,300 km; 8,300 mi) |
Capacity | 133,000 bbl (~18,100 t) |
Complement | 249 |
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The ship was built in 1942 as the commercial oil tanker ElKay, a type T2-A tanker, by the Sun Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. in Chester, Pennsylvania as hull number 227 and USMC number 158. Acquired by the United States Navy from the Maritime Commission on July 31, 1942 , she was commissioned at Norfolk, Virginia, on September 11, 1942.