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The T2 tanker Hat Creek in August 1943. The T2 tanker, or T2, was a class of oil tanker constructed and produced in large numbers in the United States during World War II. Only the T3 tankers were larger "navy oilers" of the period. Some 533 T2s were built between 1940 and the end of 1945.
This is a list of names for the approximately 500 Type T2 tankers built for the United States Maritime Commission during World War II.Not included are the tankers of the Samoset/Chiwawa (T3-S-A1) type, which despite the "T3" designation were in fact nearly identical hulls to the original T2s, and smaller than the T2-A and T2-SE series.
The US Navy made extensive use of the technique in World War II, and continued to refine the technology after the war. During the naval build-up for World War II US Maritime Commission (MarCom) standard T2 and T3 tankers were converted to US Navy oilers (AO)s. Following World War II larger ships were needed to replenish supercarriers. New oiler ...
World War II tankers of the United States (1 C, 139 P) Pages in category "World War II tankers" The following 45 pages are in this category, out of 45 total.
Pages in category "World War II tankers of the United States" The following 139 pages are in this category, out of 139 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Particularly the T2 tanker played an important part in World War II. The T2-SE-A1 with a capacity of 16,613 long tons of deadweight, was the most popular variant with nearly 500 built during the war. A small T1 tanker was used for small ports and near shore. The larger T3 tanker was use a fleet oiler. [37]
SS Ideal X, a converted World War II T-2 oil tanker, was the first commercially successful container ship. Built by The Marinship Corporation during World War II as Potrero Hills, she was later purchased by Malcom McLean's Pan-Atlantic Steamship Company. [5] [6] [7] In 1955, the ship was modified to carry shipping containers and rechristened ...
The Cimarron-class oilers were an underway replenishment class of oil tankers which were first built in 1939 as "National Defense Tankers," United States Maritime Commission Type T3-S2-A1, designed "to conform to the approved characteristics for naval auxiliaries in speed, radius and structural strength", anticipating their militarization in the event of war.