USS Pontotoc

History
USS Pontotoc (AVS-7)
United States
Name	Pontotoc
Namesake	Pontotoc County, Mississippi, and Pontotoc County, Oklahoma
Ordered	as type (C1-M-AV1) hull, MC hull 2160^[1]
Builder	Leathem D. Smith Shipbuilding Company, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin
Yard number	326^[1]
Laid down	15 January 1944
Launched	2 July 1944
Commissioned	22 March 1945
Decommissioned	26 April 1946
Reclassified	prior to launch, Miscellaneous Auxiliary 25 May 1945, Aviation Stores Issue Ship
Refit	prior to 22 March 1945, converted to <i>Gwinnett</i>-class Aviation Stores Issue Ship
Stricken	8 May 1946
Identification	Hull symbol: AK-206 Hull symbol: AG-94 Hull symbol: AVS-7 Code letters: NXNN
Fate	Sold to France, 14 August 1947
Republic of France
Name	Taurus
Operator	Messageries Maritimes
Acquired	14 August 1947
Fate	reflagged to Morocco, 1960
Morocco
Name	Tadjera
Acquired	1960
Fate	Scrapped, 1968^[1]
General characteristics ^[2]
Class and type	Alamosa-class cargo ship (1944–1945) Gwinnett-class aviation stores issue ship (1945–1946)
Type	C1-M-AV1
Tonnage	5,010 long tons deadweight (DWT)^[1]
Displacement	2,382 long tons (2,420 t) (standard) 7,450 long tons (7,570 t) (full load)
Length	388 ft 8 in (118.47 m)
Beam	50 ft (15 m)
Draft	21 ft 1 in (6.43 m)
Installed power	1 × Nordberg, TSM 6 diesel engine 1,750 shp (1,300 kW)
Propulsion	1 × propeller
Speed	11.5 kn (21.3 km/h; 13.2 mph)
Capacity	3,945 t (3,883 long tons) DWT 9,830 cu ft (278 m³) (refrigerated) 227,730 cu ft (6,449 m³) (non-refrigerated)
Complement	15 Officers 70 Enlisted
Armament	1 × 3 in (76 mm)/50 caliber dual purpose gun (DP) 6 × 20 mm (0.8 in) Oerlikon anti-aircraft (AA) cannons

USS Pontotoc (AK-206/AG-94/AVS-7) was an Alamosa-class cargo ship acquired by the US Navy shortly before the end of World War II. She was converted into a <i>Gwinnett</i>-class aviation stores issue ship to carry aviation parts and spares, and to issue them to the US Pacific Fleet and activities as needed.

Construction

Pontotoc was laid down for the US Maritime Commission (MARCOM), MC hull 2160, by Leathem D. Smith Shipbuilding Company, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, 15 January 1944; classified AK-206 on 25 February 1944; launched 2 July 1944; acquired from MARCOM on a loan-charter basis 28 February 1945; reclassified AG–94 on 12 March 1945; and commissioned 22 March 1945.^[3]

World War II-related service

After shakedown, Pontotoc transited the Panama Canal and arrived Pearl Harbor 18 April 1945. Reclassified as Gwinnett-class aviation stores issue ship AVS-7 effective 25 May, Pontotoc steamed for the Philippine Islands, reporting for duty 8 July at Guiuan, Samar, Philippine Islands. She provided aviation stores on station in the Philippines through the end of hostilities.^[3]

Post-war inactivation

Pontotoc then proceeded to the 12th Naval District. She decommissioned and was delivered to the War Shipping Administration (WSA) 26 April 1946, at San Francisco, California. She was struck from the Navy List 8 May 1946.^[3]

Merchant service

She was sold 14 August 1947, to the French firm Messageries Maritimes, and renamed Taurus. In 1960 she was sold to Morocco and renamed Tadjera.^[2]^[4]

Notes

Citations

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d C1 Cargo Ships 2009.
^ ^a ^b Navsource 2013.
^ ^a ^b ^c DANFS 2015.
^ MARAD.

Bibliography

Online resources

"Nicollet". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Naval History and Heritage Command. 24 August 2015. Retrieved 30 November 2016. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
"C1 Cargo Ships". www.ShipbuildingHistory.com. 28 August 2009. Retrieved 30 November 2016.
"Pontotoc (AG-94/AVS-7)". Navsource.org. 8 November 2013. Retrieved 30 November 2016.
"Pontotoc (AK-206/AVS-7)". United States Department of Transportation. Retrieved 30 November 2016.

External links

Photo gallery of USS Pontotoc (AVS-7) at NavSource Naval History

v t e Aviation supply issue ships (AVS)
<i>Supply</i> class	Supply
<i>Fortune</i> class	Fortune
<i>Grumium</i> class	Grumium Allioth
<i>Gwinnett</i> class	Gwinnett Nicollet Pontotoc
<i>Jupiter</i> class	Jupiter
List of auxiliaries of the United States Navy

v t e Alamosa-class cargo ships
Alamosa Alcona Amador Antrim Autauga Beaverhead Beltrami Blount Brevard Bullock Cabell Caledonia Charlevoix Chatham Chicot Claiborne Clarion Codington Colquitt Craighead Doddridge^* Duval^* Fairfield Faribault Fentress Flagler Gadsden Glacier Grainger Gwinnett Habersham Hennepin Herkimer Hidalgo Kenosha Lebanon Lehigh Lancaster Marengo Midland Minidoka Muscatine Muskingum Nicollet Pembina Pemiscot Pinellas Pipestone Pitkin Poinsett Pontotoc Richland Rockdale Schuyler Screven Sebastian Somerset / Coastal Sentry Sussex Tarrant Tipton Traverse^* Tulare^* Washtenaw^** / Sgt. George Peterson Westchester^* Wexford^† / Coastal Crusader Maiden's Eye / Colonel William J. O'Brien Becket Bend / Private John F. Thorson Short Splice Long Splice / Private Frank J. Petrarca
* = Canceled August 1945 ** = Canceled August 1945, but completed as Coastal Guide † = Canceled August 1945, but completed as Coastal Crusader
List of auxiliaries of the United States Navy

v t e Type C1-M ships
Type C1-M-AV1	Alamosa Alcona Acorn Knot / Sgt. George D Keathley Amador <i>Anchor Bend</i> <i>Anchor Hitch</i> Antrim Autauga Beaverhead Becket Bend / Private John F. Thorson <i>Becket Hitch</i> Bell Ringer / Captain Arlo L. Olson Beltrami <i>Bight Knot</i> <i>Blackwall Hitch</i> Blount <i>Boatswain's Hitch</i> <i>Bowline Knot</i> Brevard Bullock <i>Buntline Hitch</i> Cabell <i>Cable Splice</i> Caledonia <i>Cape Somerset</i> <i>Cape Stanhope</i> <i>Capstan Knot</i> <i>Carrick Bend</i> <i>Cat's Paw</i> <i>Chain and Crown</i> Charlevoix Chatham Check Knot / Sgt. Joseph E. Muller Chicot <i>Cinch Knot</i> Claiborne Clarion <i>Clove Hitch</i> <i>Coastal Captain</i> <i>Coastal Charger</i> <i>Coastal Courser</i> Coastal Crusader Coastal Guide / Sgt. George Peterson <i>Coastal Mariner</i> <i>Coastal Monarch</i> <i>Coastal Monitor</i> <i>Coastal Rambler</i> <i>Coastal Ranger</i> <i>Coastal Telegrapher</i> Codington Colquitt Craighead <i>Crossing Hitch</i> <i>Crown and Diamond</i> <i>Crown Knot</i> <i>Diamond Hitch</i> <i>Diamond Knot</i> <i>Doddridge</i> <i>Double Loop</i> <i>Dragon Fly</i> <i>Duval</i> <i>Elmer J. Burr</i> <i>Emerald Knot</i> Fairfield Faribault Fentress <i>Fiador Knot</i> <i>Fisherman's Bend</i> Flagler <i>Flemish Knot</i> Gadsden Glacier Grainger <i>Grass Knot</i> <i>Gunner's Knot</i> Gwinnett Habersham <i>Half Hitch</i> <i>Half Knot</i> <i>Harold W. Roberts</i> <i>Hawser Bend</i> <i>Hawser Eye</i> <i>Hawser Splice</i> Hennepin Herkimer <i>Hickory Bay</i> <i>Hickory Beck</i> <i>Hickory Bourne</i> <i>Hickory Brae</i> <i>Hickory Brook</i> <i>Hickory Burn</i> <i>Hickory Cairn</i> <i>Hickory Cape</i> <i>Hickory Coll</i> <i>Hickory Crest</i> <i>Hickory Dale</i> <i>Hickory Dell</i> <i>Hickory Dyke</i> <i>Hickory Ghyll</i> <i>Hickory Glen</i> <i>Hickory Isle</i> <i>Hickory Knoll</i> <i>Hickory Lake</i> <i>Hickory Mount</i> <i>Hickory Stream</i> <i>Hickory Tarn</i> <i>Hickory Tor</i> Hidalgo <i>Honda Knot</i> <i>Hook Hitch</i> <i>Horseshoe Splice</i> <i>Jacob's Ladder</i> <i>Jumper Hitch</i> Kenneth E. Gruennert / Grommet Reefer Kenosha <i>Knob Knot</i> Lancaster <i>Lanyard Knot</i> <i>Leader Loop</i> Lebanon Lehigh <i>Lever's Bend</i> <i>Lewis Hall</i> Link Splice / Sgt. Jonah E. Kelley <i>Lock Knot</i> <i>Long Eye</i> Long Splice / Private Frank J. Petrarca <i>Loop Knot</i> <i>Magnus Hitch</i> Maiden's Eye / Colonel William J. O'Brien <i>Mainsheet Eye</i> <i>Manrope Knot</i> Marengo <i>Mariner's Splice</i> Marline Hitch <i>Marlingspike Hitch</i> <i>Masthead Knot</i> Midland <i>Minidoka</i> <i>Mooring Hitch</i> <i>Mooring Knot</i> Muscatine Muskingum Nicollet <i>Ocean Plat</i> Pembina Pemiscot <i>Phoebe Knot</i> <i>Pinellas</i> <i>Pipestone</i> <i>Pitkin</i> Poinsett Pontotoc <i>Reef Knot</i> <i>Reeving Eye</i> Richland <i>Rigger's Eye</i> <i>Ring Hitch</i> <i>Ring Knot</i> <i>Ring Splice</i> <i>Roband Hitch</i> Rockdale <i>Rolling Hitch</i> Rose Knot Round Splice / Private Jose F. Valdez <i>Running Knot</i> <i>Sailmaker's Splice</i> <i>Sailor's Splice</i> <i>Salmon Knot</i> Sampan Hitch Schuyler Screven Sebastian <i>Shamrock Knot</i> <i>Sheepshank</i> <i>Sheet Bend</i> <i>Shell Bar</i> Short Splice <i>Sinnet</i> <i>Snakehead</i> <i>Snug Hitch</i> Somerset / Coastal Sentry <i>Span Splice</i> <i>Spanish Bowline</i> <i>Spar Hitch</i> Spindle Eye / Sgt. Curtis F. Shoup <i>Spool Sinnet</i> <i>Square Knot</i> <i>Square Sinnet</i> <i>Star Knot</i> <i>Studding Sail</i> Sussex Sword Knot <i>Tag Knot</i> <i>Tapir Splice</i> Tarrant <i>Terminal Knot</i> <i>Thimble Eye</i> Timber Hitch Tipton <i>Traverse</i> <i>True Knot</i> <i>Tucked Bend</i> <i>Tulare</i> <i>Turk's Head</i> <i>Wall Knot</i> <i>Water Knot</i> <i>Westchester</i> <i>William G. Fournier</i> <i>William N. Nelson</i> <i>Yard Hitch</i>
Type C1-M-AV7	<i>Coastal Liberator</i>
Type C1-M-AV8	<i>Crossing Knot</i> <i>Flat Knot</i> <i>Marline Bend</i> <i>Persian Knot</i> <i>Single Hitch</i> <i>Solid Sinnet</i>
Type C1-MT-BU1	<i>Arizona Pine</i> <i>California Redwood</i> <i>Oregon Fir</i> <i>Washington Cedar</i>

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PC-461-class submarine chasers	PC-496 <i>PC-550</i> <i>PC-551</i> <i>PC-588</i> <i>PC-589</i> <i>PC-590</i> <i>PC-591</i> <i>PC-821</i> <i>PC-822</i> PC-823 <i>PC-824</i> <i>PC-825</i> <i>PC-1171</i> <i>PC-1172</i> <i>PC-1173</i> <i>PC-1174</i> <i>PC-1175</i> <i>PC-1176</i> <i>PC-1177</i> <i>PC-1178</i> PC-1179 / Morris <i>PC-1180</i> <i>PC-1225</i> <i>PC-1226</i> <i>PC-1227</i> PC-1228 / Munising <i>PC-1229</i> PC-1230 / Grinnell <i>PC-1260</i> PC-1261 <i>PC-1262</i> <i>PC-1263</i> <i>PC-1560</i> <i>PC-1561</i> <i>PC-1562</i> <i>PC-1563</i> <i>PC-1564</i> <i>PC-1565</i> <i>PC-1566</i> <i>PC-1567</i> <i>PC-1568</i> <i>PC-1569</i>
Alamosa-class cargo ships Type C1-M-AV1 ships	Poinsett Pontotoc Richland Rockdale Schuyler Screven Sebastian Somerset / Coastal Sentry Sussex Tarrant Tipton Traverse^* Tulare^** Washtenaw^† / Sgt. George Peterson Westchester^# Wexford^‡ / Coastal Crusader
Net laying ships	Passaic Shakamaxon Tonawanda
* = Canceled August 1945, but completed as Coastal Merchant ** = Canceled August 1945, but completed as Coastal Challenger † = Canceled August 1945, but completed as Coastal Guide # = Canceled August 1945, but completed as Coastal Defender ‡ = Canceled August 1945, but completed as Coastal Crusader

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