USS Michigamme (AOG-65)

USS Michigamme (AOG-64), was a type T1 Klickitat-class gasoline tanker built for the US Navy during World War II. She was named after the Michigamme River, in Michigan.

History
Name: Michigamme
Namesake: Michigamme River
Ordered: as type (T1-M-BT1) hull, MC hull 2625
Awarded: 26 July 1944
Builder: St. Johns River Shipbuilding Company, Jacksonville, Florida[1]
Cost: $1,022,203.48[2]
Yard number: 84
Way number: 5
Laid down: 30 December 1944
Launched: 31 March 1945
Sponsored by: Miss Elaine Jeanne Crouch
Commissioned: 10 August 1945
Decommissioned: 23 January 1946
Stricken: 7 February 1946
Identification:
Fate:
Status: Sold for commercial use, 3 January 1948
United States
Name: Black Bayou
Owner: Manuel Rodriguez Trading Corp.
Status: Sold to Argentina, 22 March 1948
Argentina
Name: Punta Ninfas
Namesake: Punta Ninfas
Acquired: 22 March 1948
Stricken: 1958
Identification: Hull symbol: B-15
Fate: Sold, 1958
Status: Renamed Moises, scrapped, 1964
General characteristics [3]
Class and type: Klickitat-class gasoline tanker
Type: Type T1-MT-BT1 tanker
Displacement:
  • 1,980 long tons (2,012 t) (light)
  • 5,970 long tons (6,066 t) (full load)
Length: 325 ft 2 in (99.11 m)
Beam: 48 ft 2 in (14.68 m)
Draft: 19 ft (5.8 m)
Installed power:
Propulsion:
Speed: 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Capacity:
  • 10,465 bbl (1,663.8 m3) (Diesel)
  • 871,332 US gal (3,298,350 l; 725,536 imp gal) (Gasoline)
Complement: 80
Armament:

Construction

Michigamme was laid down on 30 December 1944, under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MC hull 2625, by the St. Johns River Shipbuilding Company, Jacksonville, Florida; sponsored by Miss Elaine Jeanne Crouch; acquired by the US Navy and commissioned 10 August 1945.[1][2][4]

Service history

Assigned to the Atlantic Fleet, Michigame with a Coast Guard crew reported to Commander, Service Force, 20 September 1945, for oiler duties off Norfolk, Virginia, until she decommissioned 23 January 1946. The next day she was delivered to the War Shipping Administration (WSA) to serve the Maritime Commission as Black Bayou. Before she could see service as Black Bayou she was sold to the Argentine Navy 22 March 1948, and commissioned in the Argentine Navy as Punta Ninfas (B‑15). She was sold for commercial service in 1958, and renamed Moises. She was sold for scrapping in 1964.[4] [3][5]

References
  1. St. John's River SBC 2010.
  2. MARCOM.
  3. Navsource.
  4. DANFS.
  5. MARAD.

Bibliography
  • "Michigamme". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Naval History and Heritage Command. Retrieved 12 February 2020. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  • "USS Michigamme (AOG-65)". Navsource.org. 2 June 2017. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
  • "St. John's River Shipbuilding, Jacksonville FL". www.ShipbuildingHistory.com. 16 October 2010. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
  • Maritime Administration. "Michigamme". Ship History Database Vessel Status Card. U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
  • "USS Michigamme". Retrieved 12 February 2020.


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