- USS Nanticoke (AOG-66)
USS "Nanticoke" (AOG-66) of the
United States Navy was laid down by theSt. Johns Shipbuilding Corporation inJacksonville, Florida , under aMaritime Commission contract, on16 January 1945 ; launched on7 April 1945 , sponsored by Mrs.Gustav W. Nelson ; acquired by the Navy on31 August 1945 ; and commissioned on1 September 1945 .Assigned to the
Naval Transportation Service , "Nanticoke" reported for duty on18 October to the Service Force, U.S.Atlantic Fleet . Arriving atNorfolk, Virginia , on28 November , she was decommissioned there on4 January 1946 and returned to the Maritime Commission on12 January . Briefly operated by theAmerican Petroleum Transport Corporation as "Sugarland", she was acquired later in the year by theArgentine Navy and commissioned as "Punta Delgada" (B–16). Into 1970, she continues to serve as part of the Argentine Navy.
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