The ''Escambia''-class oilers were a class of twelve T2-SE-A2 tankers that served in the

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, built during

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. 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

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in the post-war period. Several were later transferred to the

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and converted to floating electricity generating stations, and served in that role in

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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

Ships

See also