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{{short description|American tanker}}
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| Ship image = [[File:Type T2-SE-A1 tanker Hat Creek underway at sea on 16 August 1943.jpg|300px|SS ''Hat Creek'' in August 1943]]
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| Ship country =United States
| Ship flag = {{USN flag|1943}}
| Ship name = SS ''Hat Creek''
| Ship namesake = Hat Creek
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| Ship builder = [[Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company]], [[Mobile, Alabama]]
| Ship yard number = 251
| Ship laid down = 1943
| Ship launched = 30 April 1943
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| Ship fate = Scrapped 1983
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| Ship type = [[T2 tanker|T2-SE-A1 tanker]]
| Ship tonnage = 12532
| Ship displacement = {{convert|21880|LT|t|0|lk=in|abbr=on}}
| Ship length = {{convert|523|ft|abbr=on}}
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| Ship propulsion = [[turbo-electric transmission]], single screw
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'''SS ''Hat Creek''''' was a Type [[T2 tanker|T2-SE-A1 tanker]] built at [[Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company]] of [[Mobile, Alabama]] in July 1943. She was built as hull number 251 and USMC number 5354. She was sold in 1946 to [[National Bulk Carriers]] and a year later had a new two cylinder steam turbine installed. In 1957 she had a new middle section installed and was renamed ''Amoco Virginia''. Subsequent renamings included ''Point Judy'' (1979) and ''Point Milton'' (1980).

Parts of the middle section were converted into deck barges and named ''Venemac 5'' and ''Venemac 6''.

==References==
* [http://www.t2tanker.org/display-tankers-test.php?t2table=alabama T2 Tanker site: Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Co. Tankers 1942-1945]

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[[Category:Type T2-SE-A1 tankers]]
[[Category:Ships built in Mobile, Alabama]]
[[Category:1943 ships]]
[[Category:World War II tankers of the United States]]


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