HMNZS Endeavour (A184)
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 United States
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| Name: | USS Namakagon |
| Ordered: | as T1-MT-M1 tanker hull |
| Builder: | Cargill, Inc., Savage, Minnesota |
| Laid down: | 1 August 1944 |
| Launched: | 4 November 1944 |
| Commissioned: | 15 June 1945 |
| Decommissioned: | 20 September 1957 |
| Identification: | AOG-53 |
| Fate: | transferred to New Zealand, 1962 |
| Acquired: | returned from New Zealand, 1971 |
| Fate: | transferred to the Republic of China, 1971 |
| Struck: | 15 April 1976 |
 New Zealand
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| Name: | HMNZS Endeavour |
| Acquired: | 1962 |
| Commissioned: | 1962 |
| Decommissioned: | 1971 |
| Identification: | A184 |
| Fate: | returned to U.S. custody, 1971 |
 Taiwan
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| Name: | ROCS Lung Chuan (AOG-515) |
| Acquired: | 1971 |
| Decommissioned: | 1 April 2005, Kaohsiung |
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| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Patapsco-class gasoline tanker |
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| Length: | 310 ft 9 in (94.72 m) |
| Beam: | 48 ft 6 in (14.78 m) |
| Draft: | 15 ft 8 in (4.78 m) |
| Propulsion: | 4 × General Electric diesel engines, electric drive, twin shafts, 3,300 hp (2,461 kW) |
| Speed: | 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) |
| Capacity: | 2,120 long tons deadweight (DWT) |
| Complement: | 131 |
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USS Namakagon (AOG-53) was a Patapsco-class gasoline tanker built for the United States Navy during World War II. In some sources, the ship's name is also spelled Namakogon. After her decommissioning from the U.S. Navy in 1957, the former Namakagon served as Antarctic supply vessel HMNZS Endeavour (A814) for the Royal New Zealand Navy (1962–1971), and as ROCS Lung Chuan for the Republic of China Navy. Lung Chuan ended active service when she was decommissioned from the Republic of China Navy in 2005.
Namakagon was laid down on 1 August 1944 by Cargill, Inc., Savage, Minnesota and was launched on 4 November 1944; sponsored by Mrs. Alfred J. Scobba. The ship was commissioned on 18 June 1945, Lt. (jg) Milton R. High in command.
The gasoline tanker Namakagon completed her U.S. Gulf Coast shakedown and, having filled her tanks at Baytown, Texas, departed for the Pacific Ocean, 19 July 1945. She arrived at Pearl Harbor as hostilities in the Pacific ceased and on 20 August continued on to Midway Island. Based at Pearl Harbor, she carried fuel to various islands of the Pacific, including Johnston Island, Canton Island, Marcus Island, Truk, Guam, Saipan, Okinawa, Peleliu, and Kyūshū, for over 18 months, then returned to the U.S. West Coast.
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