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T-2 Tanker WWII Merchant Marine
1/96 scale 32" long wood, pewter and brass etchings.

Kit# AX125 - $310.00

Paint - $28.35

Baseboard - $33.00

2- Pedestals - 7.00

A very fine kit you'll be proud to display.

Several hundred turbo-electric drive tankers of this design were built during World War II. Construction of the vessels was standardized to meet Uncle Sam's need for maximum production during the period 1942-1945. After valiantly supplying our troops during World War II, the T-2 served as the backbone of the tanker industry for many years.

The original Boucher tanker kit, dating from the 1940s, was given a thorough upgrade by modeler and author Alan Raven. The result is a magnificent kit that can be built to either wartime or peacetime configurations — the modeler's choice — with plans and details for many shipping companies provided. This kit has an abundance of intricate detail that is fascinating to work up with our precise, step-by-step instruction manual. You will receive 500 brass fittings, 150 Britannia pewter cast fittings, wood, rigging materials, a pre-carved hull of basswood, and four large sheets of blueprints to guide you all the way.

Also included is information on ship colors during wartime and peacetime duties, and an interesting write-up on the T-2 from a 1942 shipyard.

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T-2 Tanker Website!

Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-1945

AO -- Fleet Oilers

Click on "AO-##" for link to page with specifications, history, photographs (where available).

Additional Resources

Worral Reed Carter, Beans, Bullets, and Black Oil (Washington DC, Department of the Navy, 1953)
Thomas Wildenberg, Gray Steel and Black Oil: Fast Tankers and Replenishment at Sea in the U.S. Navy, 1912-1992 (Naval Institute Press, 1996, ISBN 1-55750-934-4)

Notes:
Displacement is given as fully loaded
Length is given as total length
Beam
Draft is given as fully loaded
Speed is given both as (max): when keeping up with Task Forces and as (econ): the economical speed giving the maximum cruising range
Armament notation includes implicit configurations: "4x2 20mm" implies "4 20mm guns, dual mount" = 8 barrels
Complement of officers and enlisted. This is considerably in excess of the crew numbers for a commercial tanker of similar size: the extra crew is needed on a Naval vessel to handle at-sea refueling, battle stations, damage control, communications, etc.
Capacity in barrels. In addition to bunker fuel for ships, the Fleet Oilers carried gasoline for ships' boats, aviation fuel, lubricants, and other POL products. As the war progressed, the Oilers increasingly carried additional dry cargo and stores, reducing the need for ships to make multiple rendezvous for underway replenishment
Engineering: total horsepower is given -- "12,000 hp" with twin screws equals 6,000 hp per shaft.

T-2 Tanker Listings

Kennebec Class:

Displacement: 21,077 tons
Length: 502'
Beam: 58'
Draft: 31'
Speed: 17 knots (max); 13 knots (econ)
Armament: 1 5"/38 DP, 4 3"/50 DP, 4x2 40mm, 4x2 20mm
Complement: 243
Capacity: 134,000 barrels
Geared turbine engines, single screw, 12,000 hp
Maritime Commission T2 (MC-SO) type

No.	Name	Comm.	Disp.	Notes (: Lost)
AO-39	Kankakee	1942	6013
AO-36	Kennebec	1942	6013
AO-40	Lackawanna	1942	5580
AO-37	Merrimack	1942	6013
AO-48	Neosho	1942	5580
AO-38	Winooski	1941	5580

Mattaponi Class:

Displacement: 21,750 tons
Length: 520'
Beam: 68'
Draft: 30'6"
Speed: 17 knots (max); 10.5 knots (econ)
Armament: 1 5"/38 DP, 4 3"/50 DP, 4x2 40mm, 4x2 20mm
Complement: 242
Capacity: 135,000 barrels
Geared turbine engines, single screw, 12,800 hp
Maritime Commission T2-A (MC-K)type

No.	Name	Comm.	Disp.	Notes (: Lost)
AO-41	Mattaponi	1942	5882
AO-42	Monongahela	1942	5882
AO-47	Neches	1942	5882
AO-44	Patuxent	1942	6258
AO-43	Tappahannock	1942	5882

Suamico/Pecos Class:

Displacement: 21,880 tons
Length: 523'6"
Beam: 68'
Draft: 30'
Speed: 15.5 knots (max); 13 knots (econ)
Armament: 1 5"/38 DP, 4 3"/50 DP, 4x2 40mm, 4x2 20mm
Complement: 251
Capacity: 140,000 barrels
Turbo-electric engines, single screw, 8,000 hp
Maritime Commission T2-SE-A1 type

No.	Name	Comm.	Disp.	Notes (: Lost)
AO-67	Cache	1942	5730
AO-78	Chepachet	1943	5730
AO-77	Cossatot	1943	5730
AO-79	Cowanesque	1943	5730
AO-73	Millicoma	1943	5730
AO-65	Pecos	1942	5730
AO-74	Saranac	1943	5730
AO-75	Saugatuck	1943	5730
AO-76	Schuylkill	1943	5730
AO-49	Suamico	1942	5730
AO-50	Tallulah	1942	5730

Escambia Class:

Displacement: 21,880 tons
Length: 523'6"
Beam: 68'
Draft: 30'
Speed: 15.5 knots (max); 13 knots (econ)
Armament: 1 5"/38 DP, 4 3"/50 DP, 4x2 40mm, 4x2 20mm
Complement: 267
Capacity: 140,000 barrels
Turbo-electric engines, single screw, 8,000 hp
Maritime Commission T2-SE-A2type

No.	Name	Comm.	Disp.	Notes (: Lost)
AO-94	Anacostia	1945	5730
AO-82	Cahaba	1944	5730
AO-95	Caney	1945	5730
AO-80	Escambia	1943	5730
AO-81	Kennebago	1943	5730
AO-83	Mascoma	1944	5730
AO-84	Oklawaha	1943	5730
AO-85	Pamanset	1943	5730
AO-89	Pasig	1943	9783	Decommissioned before the end of the War
AO-86	Ponaganset	1944	5730
AO-87	Sebec	1944	5730
AO-90	Shikellamy	1943 1943	3200	Converted to Gasoline Tanker AOG-47
AO-93	Soubarissen	1945	5730
AO-96	Tamalpais	1945	5730
AO-88	Tomahawk	1944	5730

Cohocton Class:

Displacement: 21,880 tons
Length: 523'6"
Beam: 68'
Draft: 30'
Speed: 15.5 knots (max); 13 knots (econ)
Armament: 1 5"/38 DP, 4 3"/50 DP, 4x2 40mm, 4x2 20mm
Complement:
Capacity: 140,000 barrels
Turbo-electric engines, single screw, 8,000 hp
Maritime Commission T2-SE-A2type

No.	Name	Comm.	Disp.	Notes (: Lost)
AO-101	Cohocton	1945	5730

Shikellamy Class:

Displacement: 6,045 tons (full load)
Length: 523'6"
Beam: 53'
Draft: 25'
Speed: 11 knots (max); 9 knots (econ)
Armament: 1 5"/38 DP, 2x2 40mm, 4x2 20mm
Complement: 267
Capacity: 51,300 barrels
Turbo-electric engines, single screw, 8,000 hp
Maritime Commission T2-SE-A2type

No.	Name	Comm.	Disp.	Notes (: Lost)
AOG-47	Shikellamy	1943	3200	Converted from Fleet Oiler AO-90

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Last updated: February 15, 2000

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