USS Cache
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| Name: | USS Cache |
| Builder: | Sun Shipbuilding & Drydock Co., Chester, Pennsylvania |
| Launched: | 7 September 1942 |
| Acquired: | 28 September 1942 |
| Commissioned: | 3 November 1942 |
| Decommissioned: | 14 January 1946 |
| In service: | 10 February 1948, as USNS Cache (T-AO-67) |
| Out of service: | May 1972 |
| Struck: | 31 March 1986 |
| Honors and awards: |
8 battle stars (World War II) |
| Fate: | Transferred to Maritime Administration for disposal, 2 February 1987 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Suamico-class fleet replenishment oiler |
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| Length: | 523 ft 6 in (159.56 m) |
| Beam: | 68 ft (21 m) |
| Draft: | 30 ft (9.1 m) |
| Propulsion: | Turbo-electric, single screw, 8,000 hp (5,966 kW) |
| Speed: | 15 knots (28 km/h) |
| Capacity: | 140,000 barrels (22,000 m3) gasoline |
| Complement: | 225 |
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USS Cache (AO-67) was a Type T2-SE-A1 Suamico-class fleet oiler of the United States Navy.
The ship was built at the Sun Shipbuilding and Drydock Co. in Chester, Pennsylvania as the SS Stillwater (hull number 247), under a Maritime Commission contract (USMC number 322). Launched on 7 September 1942, sponsored by Mrs. J. Cook; the ship was acquired by the Navy on 28 September 1942. After conversion at the Maryland Drydock Company, Baltimore, Maryland, she was commissioned on 3 November 1942, Lieutenant Commander P. Anderson, USNR, in command; and reported to the Atlantic Fleet.
From 11 December 1942 to 25 February 1943, Cache carried oil from Gulf ports to Norfolk, Virginia and Argentia, Newfoundland. She cleared Norfolk on 19 March for Baytown, Texas, where she loaded diesel oil for Bora Bora, Society Islands, and Nouméa. She then returned from the South Pacific to San Pedro, California for repairs on 26 May.
Returning to Nouméa on 8 July 1943, Cache operated between Espiritu Santo and Guadalcanal until 4 August. Duty as station tanker at Efate and Espiritu Santo continued into December, when she sailed to refuel ships at sea.
While returning to Espiritu Santo on 22 January 1944, Cache was struck in the port side by a submarine torpedo. One man was killed, and Cache was severely damaged, but was able to make port under her own power. After temporary repairs, she sailed for San Pedro, California, for permanent repairs.
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