USS Carondelet (IX-136)
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USS Carondelet (IX-136) was a tanker and served in the United States Navy during World War II.
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United States | |
Name | USS Carondelet |
Builder | Società Escercizio Bacini, Riva Trigossa, Italy |
Launched | 1921 |
Acquired | 24 February 1944 |
Commissioned | 4 April 1944 |
Decommissioned | 25 February 1946 |
Stricken | 25 February 1946 |
Fate | Returned to the War Shipping Administration, 25 February 1946, stricken 1954 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Mobile Floating Storage Tanker |
Displacement | 4,500 long tons (4,572 t) |
Length | 343 ft (105 m) |
Beam | 59 ft 4 in (18.08 m) |
Draft | 25 ft 10 in (7.87 m) |
Speed | 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
Complement | 152 |
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The second Carondelet was built in 1921 by Società Esercizio Bacini, Riva Trigossa, Italy, as Brennero (later renamed Gold Heels); transferred from the War Shipping Administration on 24 February 1944; and commissioned on 4 April 1944.