Escambia-class oiler explained

The Escambia-class oilers were a class of twelve T2-SE-A2 tankers that served in the United States Navy, built during World War II.^[1] The ships were named for United States rivers with Native American names. They were very similar to the Suamico class (of which they are sometimes accounted a subclass), differing principally in having the more powerful turboelectric plant of the P2-SE2 transports which developed 10,000 shp.

All of the ships were decommissioned and transferred to the Military Sea Transportation Service in the post-war period. Several were later transferred to the United States Army and converted to floating electricity generating stations, and served in that role in Vietnam.

Ships

• , 1943
• , 1943
• , ex-Lackawapen, 1944
• , 1944
• , 1943
• , 1943
• , 1944
• , 1944
• , 1944
• , ex-Mission San Xavier, converted to AW-3
• , ex-Mission San Lorenzo, converted to AW-4
• , ex-Mission Santa Ana, converted to water supply ship.
• , ex-Mission Alamo, 1945
• , ex-Mission Los Angeles, 1945
• , ex-Mission San Francisco, 1945

See also

• • United States Navy oiler
• T2 tanker

Bibliography

• Book: Silverstone . Paul H. . The Navy of World War II, 1922-1947 . 2008 . Routledge . New York . 978-0-415-97898-9. The U.S. Navy Warship Series.

Notes and References

1. Silverstone, pp. 265–266