T-3 Tankers and Oilers
Most recent update: April 8, 2008.
The first 12 T-3 tankers were the first ships bought by MARCOM after the liner "America", before settling in to the longer-term T2 program. The remaining 51 were built later, mostly by Bethlehem Sparrows Point, which built 37 of them.
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| MARCOM # | Builder | Name | MARCOM Design | DWT | Delivered | Notes | |
| 2 | Sun Ship | 172 | Cimarron | tanker (T3) | 18,300 | 20 Mar 1939 | to USN as Cimarron (AO-22), scrapped 1969 |
| 3 | Sun Ship | 173 | Seakay | tanker (T3) | 18,300 | 23 Mar 1939 | to USN as Santee (AO-29), converted 1942 to CVE-29, scrapped 1960 |
| 4 | Sun Ship | 174 | Esso New Orleans | tanker (T3) | 18,300 | 14 Apr 1939 | to USN as Chenango (AO-31), converted 1942 to CVE-28, scrapped 1962 |
| 5 | Federal Kearny | 151 | Markay | tanker (T3) | 18,300 | 25 May 1939 | to USN as Suwanee (AO-33), converted 1942 to CVE-27, scrapped 1962 |
| 6 | Federal Kearny | 152 | Neosho | tanker (T3) | 18,300 | 7 Aug 1939 | to USN as Neosho (AO-23), bombed and scuttled off New Guinea 1942 |
| 7 | Federal Kearny | 153 | Esso Trenton | tanker (T3) | 18,300 | 15 Dec 1939 | to USN as Sangamon (AO-28), converted 1942 to CVE-26, scrapped 1960 |
| 8 | Bethlehem Sp. Pt. | 4329 | Platte | tanker (T3) | 18,300 | 10 Dec 1939 | to USN as Platte (AO-24), scrapped 1971 |
| 9 | Bethlehem Sp. Pt. | 4330 | Esso Annapolis | tanker (T3) | 18,300 | 26 Jan 1940 | to USN as Chemung (AO-30), scrapped 1971 |
| 10 | Bethlehem Sp. Pt. | 4331 | Esso Albany | tanker (T3) | 18,300 | 5 Dec 1940 | to USN as Sabine (AO-25), to NDRF 1958, scrapped 1983 |
| 11 | Newport News | 370 | Esso Richmond | tanker (T3) | 18,300 | 20 Apr 1940 | to USN as Kaskaskia (AO-27), scrapped 1970 |
| 12 | Newport News | 371 | Esso Raleigh | tanker (T3) | 18,300 | 21 Jun 1940 | to USN as Guadalupe (AO-32), scrapped 1975 |
| 13 | Newport News | 372 | Esso Columbia | tanker (T3) | 18,300 | 28 Aug 1940 | to USN as Salamonie (AO-26), scrapped 1971 |
| 1257 | Bethlehem Sp. Pt. | 4374 | Sparrows Point | tanker (T3) | 16,100 | 28 Dec 1942 | sold 1946, Frank A. Morgan 1950, Vantage Venture 1966, scrapped 1971 |
| 1258 | Bethlehem Sp. Pt. | 4375 | Cornell | tanker (T3) | 16,100 | 27 Feb 1943 | sold 1947, converted to self-unloader Keva Ideal 1960 |
| 516 | Bethlehem Sp. Pt. | 4378 | Samoset | tanker (T3) | 16,100 | 24 Dec 1942 | to USN as Chiwawa (AO-68), sold 1946, converted to laker Walter A. Sterling 1961, Lee A. Tregurtha |
| 517 | Bethlehem Sp. Pt. | 4379 | Sachem | tanker (T3) | 16,100 | 23 Jan 1943 | to USN as Enoree (AO-69), to NDRF 1958 |
| 518 | Bethlehem Sp. Pt. | 4380 | Shabonee | tanker (T3) | 16,100 | 30 Jan 1943 | to USN as Escalante (AO-70), sold 1947 as George MacDonald, exploded and sank 1960 |
| 519 | Bethlehem Sp. Pt. | 4381 | Marquette | tanker (T3) | 16,100 | 20 Feb 1943 | to USN as Neshanic (AO-71), sold 1947 as Gulfoil, wrecked 1958 but converted to laker Pioneer Challenger, Middletown 1962, American Victory, scrapped 2018 |
| 520 | Bethlehem Sp. Pt. | 4382 | Citadel | tanker (T3) | 16,100 | 13 Mar 1943 | to USN as Niobrara (AO-72), to NDRF 1958 |
| 521 | Bethlehem Sp. Pt. | 4383 | Esso Portland | tanker (T3) | 16,100 | 9 Apr 1943 | completed as Dartmouth, sold 1943, Esso Brooklyn 1951, scrapped 1972 |
| 522 | Bethlehem Sp. Pt. | 4384 | Samoset | tanker (T3) | 16,100 | 7 May 1943 | scrapped 1962 |
| 523 | Bethlehem Sp. Pt. | 4385 | Sachem | tanker (T3) | 16,100 | 27 May 1943 | scrapped 1964 |
| 524 | Bethlehem Sp. Pt. | 4386 | Shabonee | tanker (T3) | 16,100 | 30 Aug 1943 | sold 1963, scrapped 1965 |
| 525 | Bethlehem Sp. Pt. | 4387 | Occidental | tanker (T3) | 16,100 | 29 Sep 1943 | sold 1945 as Siwanoy, scrapped 1965 |
| 526 | Bethlehem Sp. Pt. | 4388 | Kenyon | tanker (T3) | 16,100 | 24 Nov 1943 | sold 1945 as Sacona, Point Montara 1963, scrapped 1965 |
| 527 | Bethlehem Sp. Pt. | 4389 | Wellesley | tanker (T3) | 16,100 | 14 Dec 1943 | sold 1945 as Saucon, sold 1963, scrapped 1965 |
| 528 | Bethlehem Sp. Pt. | 4390 | Duquesne | tanker (T3) | 16,100 | 13 Mar 1944 | sold 1945 as Satucket, Jozena 1964, scrapped 1965 |
| 717 | Bethlehem Sp. Pt. | 4397 | Ashtabula | tanker (T3) | 18,300 | 7 Aug 1943 | to USN as AO-51, stretched 1967, sunk as target 2000 |
| 718 | Bethlehem Sp. Pt. | 4398 | Cacapon | tanker (T3) | 18,300 | 21 Sep 1943 | to USN as AO-52 |
| 719 | Bethlehem Sp. Pt. | 4399 | Caliente | tanker (T3) | 18,300 | 12 Oct 1943 | to USN as AO-53, to NDRF 1974 |
| 720 | Bethlehem Sp. Pt. | 4400 | Chikaskia | tanker (T3) | 18,300 | 10 Nov 1943 | to USN as AO-54, to NDRF 1982 |
| 721 | Bethlehem Sp. Pt. | 4401 | Elokomin | tanker (T3) | 18,300 | 30 Nov 1943 | to USN as AO-55, scrapped 1970 |
| 722 | Bethlehem Sp. Pt. | 4402 | Aucilla | tanker (T3) | 18,300 | 22 Dec 1943 | to USN as AO-56, to NDRF 1992 |
| 723 | Bethlehem Sp. Pt. | 4403 | Marias | tanker (T3) | 18,300 | 12 Feb 1944 | to USN as AO-57, scrapped 1995 |
| 724 | Bethlehem Sp. Pt. | 4404 | Manatee | tanker (T3) | 18,300 | 6 Apr 1944 | to USN as AO-58 |
| 725 | Bethlehem Sp. Pt. | 4405 | Mississinewa | tanker (T3) | 18,300 | 18 May 1944 | to USN as AO-59, torpedoed and lost at Ulithi Island 1944 |
| 726 | Bethlehem Sp. Pt. | 4406 | Nantahala | tanker (T3) | 18,300 | 19 Jun 1944 | to USN as AO-60, to NDRF 1975 |
| 727 | Bethlehem Sp. Pt. | 4407 | Severn | tanker (T3) | 18,300 | 19 Jul 1944 | to USN as AO-61, to NDRF 1975 |
| 728 | Bethlehem Sp. Pt. | 4408 | Taluga | tanker (T3) | 18,300 | 25 Aug 1944 | to USN as AO-62, to NDRF 1999 |
| 729 | Bethlehem Sp. Pt. | 4409 | Chipola | tanker (T3) | 18,300 | 30 Nov 1944 | to USN as AO-63, to NDRF 1974 |
| 730 | Bethlehem Sp. Pt. | 4410 | Tolovana | tanker (T3) | 18,300 | 24 Feb 1945 | to USN as AO-64, to NDRF 1975 |
| 1679 | Bethlehem Sp. Pt. | 4423 | Saconnet | tanker (T3) | 16,100 | 27 Apr 1944 | scrapped 1964 |
| 1680 | Bethlehem Sp. Pt. | 4424 | Stanvac Calcutta | tanker (T3) | 16,100 | 16 Sep 1944 | sold 1944, converted to bulker 1962 |
| 1681 | Bethlehem Sp. Pt. | 4425 | Stanvac Pelambang | tanker (T3) | 16,100 | 30 Jan 1945 | sold 1944, converted to bulker 1962 |
| 1682 | Bethlehem Sp. Pt. | 4426 | Syosset | tanker (T3) | 16,100 | 12 Mar 1945 | scrapped 1972 |
| 2455 | Bethlehem Sp. Pt. | 4430 | Pure Oil | tanker (T3) | 16,100 | 26 Oct 1945 | scrapped 1972 |
| 2456 | Bethlehem Sp. Pt. | 4431 | Lake Charles | tanker (T3) | 16,100 | 19 Nov 1945 | sold 1948 as Conoco Lake Charles, Coal Shipper 1958, Capri 1961, wrecked and scrapped 1963 |
| 2559 | Bethlehem Sp. Pt. | 4436 | Allagash | tanker (T3) | 18,300 | 25 Aug 1945 | to USN as AO-97, scrapped 1976 |
| 2560 | Bethlehem Sp. Pt. | 4437 | Caloosahatchee | tanker (T3) | 18,300 | 10 Oct 1945 | to USN as AO-98, jumboized 1966, to NDRF 1998, scrapped 2003 |
| 2561 | Bethlehem Sp. Pt. | 4438 | Canisteo | tanker (T3) | 18,300 | 3 Dec 1945 | to USN as AO-99, jumboized 1966, to NDRF 1998, scrapped 2003 |
| 2562 | Bethlehem Sp. Pt. | 4439 | Chukawan | tanker (T3) | 18,300 | 22 Jan 1946 | to USN as AO-100, scrapped 1973 |
| 2065 | Sun Ship | 323 | Brandywine | tanker (T3) | 17,575 | 31 Aug 1943 | sold 1947 as Atlantic Sun, damaged 1962 and scrapped |
| 2701 | Sun Ship | 526 | Mispillion | tanker (T3) | 18,300 | 29 Dec 1945 | to USN as AO-105, jumboized 1964, to NDRF 1999 |
| 2702 | Sun Ship | 527 | Navasota | tanker (T3) | 18,300 | 27 Feb 1946 | to USN as AO-106, jumboized 1964, scrapped 1995 |
| 2703 | Sun Ship | 528 | Passumpsic | tanker (T3) | 18,300 | 1 Apr 1946 | to USN as AO-107, jumboized 1964, to NDRF 1991 |
| 2704 | Sun Ship | 529 | Pawcatuck | tanker (T3) | 18,300 | 10 May 1946 | to USN as AO-108, jumboized 1964, to NDRF 1999 |
| 2705 | Sun Ship | 530 | Waccamaw | tanker (T3) | 18,300 | 25 Jun 1946 | to USN as AO-109, jumboized 1964, to NDRF 1999 |
| 2187 | Welding SY | 13 | Pan-Pennsylvania | tanker (T3) | 18,900 | Nov 1943 | torpedoed and lost off NJ 1944 |
| 2208 | Welding SY | 14 | Bulklube | tanker (T3) | 18,900 | Dec 1943 | later Start Point 1962, Freeport 1963; scrapped 1963 |
| 2209 | Welding SY | 15 | Bulkfuel | tanker (T3) | 18,900 | Feb 1944 | later Amoco Texas 1955; scrapped 1964 |
| 2210 | Welding SY | 16 | Bulkcrude | tanker (T3) | 18,900 | Apr 1944 | later Blue Point 1962; scrapped 1963 |
| 2211 | Welding SY | 17 | Bulkero | tanker (T3) | 18,900 | June 1944 | later Amoco Florida 1957, Black Point 1962; scrapped 1963 |
| 2693 | Welding SY | 18 | Phoenix | tanker (T3) | 23,800 | Nov 1944 | damaged in collision 1953, total loss |
| 2694 | Welding SY | 19 | Nashbulk | tanker (T3) | 23,800 | Feb 1945 | scrapped 1975 |
| 2699 | Welding SY | 20 | Amtank | tanker (T3) | 23,800 | May 1945 | later Mounthope 1972; scrapped 1979 |