USS Gamage (IX-227)

USS Gamage (IX-227)

USS "Gamage" (IX-227), an unclassified miscellaneous vessel, was the second ship of the United States Navy to have that name. Her keel was laid down as Liberty ship "William B. Allison" under Maritime Commission contract by California Shipbuilding Corporation, in Los Angeles, California. She was launched on 8 March 1943, acquired by the US Navy and renamed "Gamage" on 30 July 1945 for use as floating storage for lubricants and drummed petroleum products at Ulithi. She was placed out of service 8 February 1946 and returned to the War Shipping Administration on 5 April. She was sold to China Merchants & Engineers Incorporated on 19 February 1948.

ee also

*USS "Inca" (IX-229)

References

*DANFS|http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/g1/gamage.htm


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