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US Navy · Oilers

Kiamichi AOG-73

A river in Oklahoma.

(AOG-73: dp. 4,331); 1. 325'2"; b. 48'2": dr. 15'8"; s. 10 k.; cpl. 80; el. Klickitat; T. Tl-AI-BTI)

Kiamichi (AOG-73) was launched 17 August 1945 by St. Johns River Shipbuilding Corp., Jacksonville, Fla.; and sponsored by Mrs. B. C. Lourex. Kiamichi's acquisition was cancelled 29 August 1945 prior to commissioning. She was later completed for International Tankers, Panama. She was renamed Transmere in 1951, and in 1952 sold to Colombia and renamed Sancho Jimeno.

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