USNS Shawnee Trail -(T2-SE-A1) tanker hull Oiler served in WWII

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Unused

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Single

Item Description

Condition: Fine, Addressed cover

Grade: F (Fine)
This is a USNS Naval Oiler cover featuring the USS Shawnee Trail (T2-SE-A1), a naval ship that served during WWII. She was commissioned in 1944 at Portland OR and entered the War. Suamico Class Fleet Oiler: Laid down, 18 April 1944, as a Maritime Commission type (T2-SE-A1) tanker hull, under Maritime Commission contract, (MC hull 1928), at Kaiser Co., Inc., Portland, OR. Launched, 31 May 1944 Delivered to the War Shipping Administration, 28 June 1944, for Lend-lease to the Soviet Union Returned to the Maritime Commission in 1948 Acquired by the Navy, 25 May 1948 Designated SS Shawnee Trail (AO-142), operated for the Navy Transportation Service by a civilian contractor Transferred to the Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS), 1 October 1949, and placed in service as USNS Shawnee Trail (T-AO-142) Placed out of service, struck from the Naval Register, and transferred to the Maritime Administration (MARAD), 1 November 1957 for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay, Benecia, CA. Reacquired by the Military Sealift Command (MSC), 20 January 1965, and placed in service as USNS Shawnee Trail (T-AO-142) Placed out of service, struck from the Naval Register, and transferred to MARAD for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River Group, Fort Eustis, VA., 24 February 1972 Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 10 August 1973, to Union Minerals & Alloys Corp., New York

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