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- Code Number:
- MYNV09P15_05C
- Title:
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USS Cacapon (AO-52), Cimarron-class fleet oiler, at Sea, replenishment
- Builder: Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Bethlehem Sparrows Point Shipyard, Sparrows Point, Maryland
Launched: 12/06/1941 Sponsored by: Mrs. A. V. Doherty Acquired: 21/09/1943 Commissioned: 21/09/1943 Decommissioned: August 1973 Struck: August 1973 Fate: Sold for scrap
Type: T3-S2-A3 tanker hull Displacement: 7,236 long tons (7,352 t) light 25,440 long tons (25,848 t) full load Length: 169 meters (553 feet) Beam: 23 meters (75 feet) Draft: 9.8 meters (32 feet) Propulsion: Geared turbines, twin screws, 30,400 shp (22,669 kW) Speed: 18 knots (21 mph; 33 km/h) Capacity: 146,000 barrels Complement: 314 Armament: 1 5 in (130 mm)/38 cal. gun 4 3 in (76 mm)/50 cal. guns 4 twin 40 mm Anti-aircraft guns 4 twin 20 mm Anti-aircraft guns
Operations: World War II, Korean War, Vietnam War Awards: 4 battle stars and Navy Unit Commendation (World War II), 9 battle stars (Korea)
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Navy, Military, Armament, Killingry, Weaponry, warfare, Naval, Weapon, Maritime, History, Archives, Historic, Armed Force
- Image by:
- Charles Hemphill
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- Code Number:
- MYNV09P15_05C
- Title:
-
USS Cacapon (AO-52), Cimarron-class fleet oiler, at Sea, replenishment
- Builder: Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Bethlehem Sparrows Point Shipyard, Sparrows Point, Maryland
Launched: 12/06/1941
Sponsored by: Mrs. A. V. Doherty
Acquired: 21/09/1943
Commissioned: 21/09/1943
Decommissioned: August 1973
Struck: August 1973
Fate: Sold for scrap
Type: T3-S2-A3 tanker hull
Displacement: 7,236 long tons (7,352 t) light
25,440 long tons (25,848 t) full load
Length: 169 meters (553 feet)
Beam: 23 meters (75 feet)
Draft: 9.8 meters (32 feet)
Propulsion: Geared turbines, twin screws, 30,400 shp (22,669 kW)
Speed: 18 knots (21 mph; 33 km/h)
Capacity: 146,000 barrels
Complement: 314
Armament: 1 5 in (130 mm)/38 cal. gun
4 3 in (76 mm)/50 cal. guns
4 twin 40 mm Anti-aircraft guns
4 twin 20 mm Anti-aircraft guns
Operations: World War II, Korean War, Vietnam War
Awards: 4 battle stars and Navy Unit Commendation (World War II), 9 battle stars (Korea)
- Keywords:
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Navy, Military, Armament, Killingry, Weaponry, warfare, Naval, Weapon, Maritime, History, Archives, Historic, Armed Force
- Image by:
- Charles Hemphill
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