_underway_in_the_Port_of_Long_Beach%2c_California_(USA)%2c_in_the_1950s.jpg) USNS Cohocton (T-AO-101) | |
| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | USSCohocton |
| Namesake | Cohocton River |
| Builder | Marinship,Sausalito, California |
| Launched | 28 June 1945 |
| Commissioned | 25 August 1945 |
| Decommissioned | 14 June 1946 |
| Acquired | 1 October 1949 |
| In service | asUSNSCohocton (T-AO-101) |
| Out of service | (date unknown) |
| Stricken | (date unknown) |
| Identification | IMO number: 6807034 |
| Fate |
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| General characteristics | |
| Type | T2-SE-A3 tanker |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 523 ft 6 in (159.56 m) |
| Beam | 68 ft (21 m) |
| Draft | 30 ft 10 in (9.40 m) |
| Propulsion | Turbo-electric,single screw, 8,000 shp (5,966 kW) |
| Speed | 15knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
| Capacity | 140,000 barrels (22,000 m3) |
| Complement | 267 |
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USSCohocton (AO-101) waslead ship of her class offleet oiler acquired by theUnited States Navy for use duringWorld War II. She had the dangerous but necessary task of providing fuel to vessels in combat and non-combat areas. She served in the Pacific Ocean Theatre of operations late in the war.
Cohocton was launched 28 June 1945 byMarinship Corp.,Sausalito, California, under aMaritime Commission contract; sponsored by Mrs C. O. Day; commissioned 25 August 1945 and reported to the Pacific Fleet.
Cohocton sailed fromSan Francisco, California, on 5 September 1945 forEniwetok, carrying ammunition and fresh water. She supported occupation forces in theFar East and western Pacific by carrying water from one port to another and serving as station water tanker. She called atGuam,Ulithi,Samar,Leyte,Yokosuka,Wakayama, andKagoshima before arriving atQingdao,China, on 10 January 1946, for station duty until 21 April. She returned by way ofSan Pedro, California, and thePanama Canal toMobile, Alabama, where she was decommissioned on 14 June 1946 and returned to theWar Shipping Administration the same day.
Cohocton was reacquired by the Navy and operated by a civilian company under contract to theNavy Transportation Service.
She was reassigned toMilitary Sea Transportation Service on 1 October 1949; reinstated in theNaval Register and placed in-service asUSNSCohocton (T-AO-101). Placed out-of-service, (date unknown); struck from theNaval Register, (date unknown); transferred toMARAD for lay up in theNational Defense Reserve Fleet, (date unknown).
Cohocton was withdrawn from the reserve fleet on 27 September 1967 and transferred to the Hudson Waterways Corporation as part of the MARAD Exchange Program, and renamedSSTransoneida, IMO 6120965. The ship was converted tocontainer ship in 1969. Upon completion of the conversion she was sold to the C.T.I. Corporation on 16 September 1969 and began hauling containerized cargo forSeatrain Lines between U.S. west coast ports and Hawaii, Guam and other U.S. Pacific territories. In 1974Transoneida was leased toMatson, Inc. when Seatrain sold its Hawaiian operations to the Hawaiian-based shipping company. She was sold for scrapping to the Keun Hwa Iron & Steel Work Enterprise, Ltd., Taiwan, on 29 July 1980.
This article incorporates text from thepublic domainDictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be foundhere.