USNS Pawcatuck (T-AO 108)

- formerly AO 108 -
- decommissioned -

USNS PAWCATUCK originally was a MARAD standard type T3-S2-A3 oiler. She received a "jumboization" conversion in the mid-1960s. Commissioned in 1946, the PAWCATUCK was the first ship in the Navy named after the river in Rhode Island. Transfered to the Military Sealift Command in 1975, the MISPILLION was eventually decommissioned and stricken from the Navy list in 1991. The ship spent the following years laid-up on the James River. PAWCATUCK was sold for scrapping on September 21, 2005.

General Characteristics:	Keel Laid: March 22, 1945
	Launched: February 19, 1946
	Commissioned: May 10, 1946
	Decommissioned: July 15, 1975
	MSC "in service": 1975
	Decommissioned: 1991
	Stricken: September 21, 1991
	Builder: Sun Shipbuilding and Drydock, Chester, PA.
	Propulsion system: four boilers
	Propellers: two
	Length: 646.8 feet (196.9 meters)
	Beam: 75.1 feet (22.9 meters)
	Draft: 35.4 feet (10.8 meters)
	Displacement: approx. 34,750 tons
	Speed: 16+ knots
	Capacity: approx. 23,800 tons of fuel
	Aircraft: none
	Armament: none
	Crew: approx. 108 civilians and a Navy personnel detachment

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Crew List:

This section contains the names of sailors who served aboard USNS PAWCATUCK. It is no official listing but contains the names of sailors who submitted their information.

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Accidents aboard USS / USNS PAWCATUCK:

Date	Where	Events
October 4, 1959	off Virginia	During routine refueling, the USS FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT (CVA 42) collides with the PAWCATUCK causing minor damage to both ships.

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