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- Code Number:
- MYNV09P15_10
- Title:
- UNREP, USS Cimarron (AO-22), Replenishment Oiler, tanker, ship, Destroyer dd 667
- Namesake: The Cimarron River in New Mexico, Oklahoma, Colorado, and Kansas
Builder: Sun Shipbuilding & Drydock Co., Chester, Pennsylvania
Laid down: 18/04/1938
Launched: 07/01/1939
Sponsored by: Mrs. Louise Harrington Leahy
Commissioned: 20/03/1939
Decommissioned: October 1968
Struck: October 1968
Fate: Sold for scrap, 1969
Class & type: Cimarron class fleet replenishment oiler
Displacement: 7,470 long tons (7,590 tons) light
24,830 long tons (25,228 tons) full load
Length: 169 meters (553 feet)
Beam: 23 meters (75 feet)
Draft: 9.86 meters (32 feet 4 inches)
Propulsion: Twin screws, 30,400 shp (22,669 kW)
Steam (600psi), NSFO
Speed: 18 knots (21 mph; 33 km/h)
Complement: 304
Sensors and processing systems: Naval Gunfire Support (NGFS)
Armament: 4 130 mm (5 inches)/38 cal. guns
4 40 mm Anti-aircraft guns
4 20 mm Anti-aircraft guns
During Korean War reduced to:
3 5 in./38 mounts
3 inch mounts replaced 20 & 40 mm
Commanders: Lieutenant Commander William W. Behrens, Jr.
Operations: World War II, Korean War, Vietnam War
Honors and awards: 10 battle stars for World War II service
7 battle stars for Korean War service
4 campaign stars for Vietnam War service
10 battle stars (World War II)
7 battle stars (Korea)
4 campaign stars (Vietnam) - Keywords:
- Image by:
- Charles Hemphill
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