USS Nodaway (AOG-67)

For other ships with the same name, see USS Nodaway.

History
United States
Name	Nodaway
Namesake	Nodaway River
Ordered	as type (T1-M-BT1) hull, MC hull 2627
Awarded	26 July 1944
Builder	St. Johns River Shipbuilding Company, Jacksonville, Florida
Cost	$1,022,203.48
Yard number	86
Way number	2
Laid down	22 January 1945
Launched	14 April 1945
Completed	18 September 1945
Acquired	Acquisition canceled, 27 August 1945
Renamed	West Ranch
Stricken	21 January 1946
Identification	Hull symbol: AOG-67 Call sign: NDCT
Fate	Sold for commercial use, 1946
United States
Name	Dynafuel
Owner	Sun Oil
Fate	Scrapped 14 November 1963
General characteristics
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	1 × Enterprise DNQ-38 Diesel engine 800 shp (600 kW)
Propulsion	1 × Westinghouse main reduction gears 1 × shaft
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	1 × 3 in (76 mm)/50 caliber dual-purpose (DP) gun 2 × 40 mm (1.57 in) Bofors anti-aircraft (AA) gun mounts 3 × 20 mm (0.79 in) Oerlikon cannon AA gun mounts

USS Nodaway (AOG-67), was a type T1 Klickitat-class gasoline tanker built for the US Navy during World War II. She was named after the Nodaway River, in Iowa. Nodaway (AOG-67) was never commissioned into the US Navy.

Construction

Nodaway was laid down on 22 January 1945, under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MC hull 2627, by the St. Johns River Shipbuilding Company, Jacksonville, Florida; acquisition by the US Navy was cancelled on 27 August 1945.

Service history

Completed by Merrill-Stevens Drydock & Repair Co., 18 September 1945, she was renamed West Ranch. She was sold to Sun Oil, in 1946, and renamed Dynafuel. On 14 November 1963, she collided near Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts, with the Norwegian freighter SS Fernview. She was scrapped later in 1963, due to the damage from the collision and fire.

Bibliography

• "Nodaway". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Naval History and Heritage Command. 13 August 2015. Retrieved 11 February 2020. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
• "USS Nodaway (AOG-67)". Navsource.org. 19 December 2014. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
• "St. John's River Shipbuilding, Jacksonville FL". www.ShipbuildingHistory.com. 16 October 2010. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
• "USS Nodaway". Retrieved 11 February 2020.

External links

• Auke Visser's Famous T - Tankers Pages
• Photo gallery of USS Nodaway (AOG-67) at NavSource Naval History