High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Suamico class were a class of 25 oilers of the United States Navy during WWII. Built to the Maritime Commission T2-SE-A1 (Suamico class), -A2 (Escambia class) and -A3 (Cohocton) designs, they used turbo-electric propulsion, obviating the need for reduction gearing, a major issue in US mass-production shipbuilding.