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Marias
T3-S2-A1
Cimmeron Class Fleet Oiler:
Laid down (date unknown) as a Maritime Commission type (T3-S2-A1) tanker hull, under a Maritime
Commission contract at Bethlehem Steel Shipyard, Sparrows Point, MD.
Launched, 21 December 1943
Commissioned USS Marias (AO-57), 12 February 1944
Decommissioned (date unknown)
Placed in service with the Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS) as USNS Marias (T-AO-57) (date unknown)
Placed out of service (date unknown)
Struck from the Naval Register, 12 December 1992
Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 18 September 1995, by the Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service
( See photos below )
Specifications:
Displacement 7,236 t.(lt) 25,440 t.(fl)
Length 553'
Beam 75'
Draft 32'
Speed 18 kts.
Complement 314
Armament one single 5"/38 dual purpose gun mount, four single 3"/50 dual purpose gun mounts,
four twin 40mm gun mounts, four twin 20mm gun mounts
Cargo Capacity 146,000 barrels
Propulsion geared turbines, twin screws, 30,400hp
View the Marias (AO-57)
DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center web site.
The Miramar Ship Index for "MARIAS"
IDNo:
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6119555
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Year:
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1944
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Name:
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MARIAS
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Keel:
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Type:
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Tanker
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Launch Date:
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21.12.1943
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Flag:
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USA
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Date of completion:
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12.02.1944
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Tons:
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12155
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Link:
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-
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DWT:
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18230
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Yard No:
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4403
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Length overall:
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168.6
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Ship Design:
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T3-S2-A1
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LPP:
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160.0
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Country of build:
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USA
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Beam:
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22.9
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Builder:
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Bethlehem
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Material of build:
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Location of yard:
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Sparrow's Point
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Number of screws/Mchy/Speed(kn):
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2ST-18
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|
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Subsequent History:
-
Disposal Data:
Sold for scrapping, 18 September 1995.
History:
ON
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LR/IMO
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ID
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Year
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Name
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Tons
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Change
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Main Owner
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AO-57
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6119555
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1944
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MARIAS
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12155
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-
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U.S. Navy
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USS Marias (AO-57), date and place unknown.
USS Marias (AO-57), at Genoa, Italy, date and place unknown.( Photo collection Carlo Martinelli )
USS Marias (T-AO-57), date and place unknown.
USS Marias (AO-57), date and place unknown.
USS Marias (AO-57), date and place unknown.
USS Marias (AO-57) photographed from the flight deck of America (CVA-66), 13 February 1966
during underway refueling operations in the Mediterranean Sea.
USS Marias (AO-57).
USS Marias (AO-57), date and place unknown.
USS Marias (AO-57), date and place unknown.
USS Marias (AO-57), in the 70 ties.
USNS Marias (AO-57), at Bremerhaven, Germany, 10-1976.
( Photo by Gerhard Mueller-Debus )
USNS Marias (AO-57), date and place unknown.
USNS Marias (AO-57), date and place unknown.
USNS Marias (AO-57) in 1980.
( Photo collection Richard Johnson )
USNS Marias (AO-57).
A WW II veteran tanker in her final days, awaiting scrap in Brownsville 1990.
( Photo collection Harry Stott )