T3 tanker

[2] T3 tankers are about 500 to 600 feet (150 to 180 m) in length and are able to sustain a top speed from 15 to 18 knots (28 to 33 km/h; 17 to 21 mph).

The hull designation AOG is used by the US Navy to denote that the ship is a T3 gasoline tanker.

[dubious – discuss] Most of the T3 ships were built for private companies and named by the manufacturer.

Some T3 tankers were built for or sold to the US Navy, which were renamed after Native Americans, rivers and lakes.

T3 tankers are operated by the US Navy, War Shipping Administration and United States Maritime Commission.

USS Niobrara , a T3-S-A1 tanker
USS Cimarron , a T3-S2-A1 tanker, lead ship of the class in February 1942
USS Suwannee a T3 tanker converted to an escort carrier, underway, after repairs from the kamikaze attacks of October 1944
Mispillion (middle) a T3-S2-A3 tanker, fueling USS Bennington and USS Alfred A. Cunningham in 1963