PONTOTOC (AK-206)

Registry and Rig Information

Name PONTOTOC (AK-206)
Registry U.S.
Official Number U.S. NAVY
Rig Propeller

Dimensions and Tonnage

Length 323.75
Width 50.00
Depth 26.42
Gross Tonnage 3805.00
Net Tonnage 2123.00
Hull Material Steel
Hull Number 00326

Vessel History

History Commissioned on March 22, 1945.Built as C1-M-AV1 class cargo vessel under U.S. Maritime Commission contract. Classified AK-206 on February 25, 1944. Acquired on loan-charter basis from Maritime Commission on February 28, 1945. Reclassified AG 94 on March 12, 1945. After commissioning on March 22, 1945, arrived at Pearl Harbor on April 18, 1945. Reclassified AVS 7 on May 25, 1945.
Arrived at Guiuan, Samar, Philippine Islands, on July 8, 1945, and provided aviation stores on station through end of war. Decommissioned and delivered to Maritime Commission at San Francisco, CA, on April 26, 1946. Stricken from Navy Register on May 8, 1946.
Disposition Sold to Spanish shipbreakers for 32,500 pounds; departed Port de Bouc, October 21, 1968, and arrived at Valencia prior to November 1, 1968, for scrapping.

Build Information

Builder Smith, Leathem D., Shipbuilding Co.
Place Built Sturgeon Bay, WI
Date Built 1945-00-00

Source

Source HCGL

Vessel Names

NameBegin DateEnd DateRegistryOfficial Number
MYRIAM1965-00-001968-00-00GREECE
PONTOTOC1946-00-001947-00-00U.S.246739
PONTOTOC (AG 94)1945-00-001945-00-00U.S.U.S. NAVY
PONTOTOC (AVS 7)1945-00-001946-00-00U.S.U.S. NAVY
TADGERA1960-00-001965-00-00MOROCCO
TAURUS1947-00-001960-00-00FRANCE

Vessel Owners

NameBegin DateEnd DateRegistryOfficial Number
Cie. Des Messageries Maritimes1947-00-001960-00-00FRANCE
George Nicolaou Maatsos1965-00-001968-00-00GREECE
Myriam Anonymos Naftiki Eteria1968-00-001968-00-00GREECE
Myriam Maritime Co.1968-00-001968-00-00GREECE
Soc. Algero-Marocaine de. Nav. Cotiere1960-00-001965-00-00MOROCCO
U.S. Maritime Commission1946-00-001947-00-00U.S.246739
U.S. Navy1945-00-001946-00-00U.S.U.S. NAVY