Mettawee-class tanker

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Class overview
USS Mettawee
Name	Mettawee class
Completed	34
General characteristics
Type	Gasoline Tanker
Tonnage	1,228 long tons deadweight (DWT)
Displacement	2,280 tons (fully loaded)
Length	221 ft (67 m)
Beam	37 ft (11 m)
Draft	14 ft (4.3 m)
Propulsion	One screw, diesel engines, 720 hp
Speed	9.5 knots (18 km/h)
Complement	58
Armament	1 × 3"/50 caliber gun 2 × Bofors 40 mm L/60 gun 3 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannon

The Mettawee-class gasoline tanker was a class of small gasoline tankers based on the Maritime Commission standard T1-M-A2 hull that served in World War II. The ships were completed between 1943 and 1945. Despite being charged with the dangerous task of carrying a highly volatile cargo into battle, none of the Mettawee-class tankers were destroyed, although the USS Sheepscot (AOG-24) capsized near Iwo Jima on 6 June 1945.

Ships in class

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References

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Budge, Kent. "Mettawee Class, U.S. Gasoline Tankers". The Pacific War Online Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2 November 2007.
"Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-1945". HyperWar. Retrieved 2 November 2007.

v t e World War II Maritime Commission ship designs
Cargo designs	Type C1 Type C2 Type C3 Type C4 Type C5 (Type C6) (Type C7) (Type C8) (Type C9) Type N3
Emergency cargo	Liberty ship ("EC2-S-C1") Victory ship ("VC2-S-AP1")
Tanker	T1 tanker T2 tanker T3 tanker Liberty ship ("Z-ET1-S-C3")
Special-purpose	Type S2 ("Tacoma-class frigate") Type S3-S2-BP ("Landing Ship, Tank") Type S3-S2-BP1 ("Neptune-class cable layer") Type S4-S2-BB3 ("Casablanca-class escort carrier") Type S4-SE2-BD1 ("Gilliam-class attack transport") Type S4-SE2-BE1 ("Artemis-class attack cargo ship") "Crane vessel-Derrick Barge"
Miscellaneous-cargo	Type L6 ("Lakers") Type N ("Coastal Cargo") Type P1 ("Passenger") Type P2 ("Passenger") Type R ("Refrigerated") Type B ("Barge")
Tugs	Type V ("Tugs")
See also:- Empire ship, Fort ship, Park ship, Ocean ship.

v t e Mettawee-class gasoline tankers
Mettawee Pasquotank Sakatonchee Seekonk Sequatchie Wautauga Ammonusuc Sheepscot Calamus Chiwaukum Escatawpa Gualala Hiwassee Kalamazoo Kanawha Narraguagas Ochlockonee Oconee Ogeechee Ontonagon Yahara Ponchatoula Quastinet Sacandaga Tetonkaha Towaliga Tularosa Wakulla Yacona Waupaca Manokin Sakonnet Conemaugh Klaskanine
Preceded by: USS Guyandot Followed by: Klickitat class
List of auxiliaries of the United States Navy