US Navy Auxiliary Ships: Tangier (AV-8)

USS Tangier (AV-8) on 30 September 1941
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Class:        TANGIER (AV-8)
Design:        MC C3-Cargo (Moore)
Displacement (tons):        8,973 light, 14,200 lim.
Dimensions (feet):        492.1' oa x 69.5' e x 23.75' lim.
Original Armament:        1-5"/51 2-3"/50 2-3"/23 (1941)
Later armaments:        1-5"/51 4-3"/50 (1942);
1-5"/38 4-3"/50 2-1.1"Q 13>12-20mm (1942-43); 1-5"/38 4-3"/50 4-40mmT 15-20mm (1944)
Complement:        568 (1944)
Speed (kts.):        18.4
Propulsion (HP):        8,500
Machinery:        De Laval turbine, 1 screw

Construction:

AV	Name	Acq.	Builder	Keel	Launch	Commiss.
8	TANGIER	8 Jul 40	Moore DD, Oakland	18 Mar 39	15 Sep 39	25 Aug 41

Disposition:

AV	Name	Decomm.	Strike	Disposal	Fate	MA Sale
8	TANGIER	5 Aug 46	1 Jun 61	10 Jan 62	MA	10 Jan 62

Class Notes:
FY 1941. Called C3-Cargo by MC and probably similar to the later C3-M by same builder. Moore built two ships to the C3-Cargo design, the other becoming ELIZABETH C. STANTON (AP-69), while it built two to the C3-M design, FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE (AP-70) and a WSA transport, SEA PANTHER. On 28 Jun 40 CNO directed the acquisition of seven auxiliaries: AP 8-11 (later APA 2-5), AS-13, AV-8, and AH-5. TANGIER was acquired while undergoing builder's trials and was completed as a merchant ship and commissioned in ordinary on 8 Jul 40, delivered by her builders after conversion on 14 May 41, and placed in full commission on 25 Aug 41.

Ship Notes:

AV	Name	MC#	Notes
8	TANGIER	51	Ex merc. SEA ARROW. In USN reserve 1946-61. To buyer 22 Jan 62, resold by buyer to Sea-Land Service, Inc. 15 May 62. Merc. DETROIT 1962 (car carrier). Scrapped 1974.