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Chikaskia
T3-S2-A3
Cimmeron Class Fleet Oiler:
Laid down (date unknown) as a Maritime Commission type (T3-S2-A3) tanker hull under a Maritime Commission
contract at Bethlehem Steel Shipyard, Sparrows Point, MD.
Launched, 2 October 1942
Acquired by the Navy, 10 January 1943
Commissioned USS Chikaskia (AO-54), 10 November 1943
Decommissioned, 7 November 1955
Recommissioned, 12 December 1956
Decommissioned in 1957 Recommissioned, 17 December 1960
Decommissioned, 18 December 1969, at Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, Philadelphia, PA.
Struck from the Naval Register, 1 December 1976
Transferred to the Maritime Administration for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet
Final Disposition, sold by MARAD, 26 May 1982, fate unknown
( 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 Chikaskia (AO-54)
DANFS history entry located on the Haze Gray & Underway web site.
The Miramar Ship Index for "CHIKASKIA"
IDNo:
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6114951
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Year:
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1943
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Name:
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CHIKASKIA
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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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2.10.1943
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Flag:
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USA
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Date of completion:
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10.11.1943
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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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4400
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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-Sparrows Point SY
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Material of build:
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Location of yard:
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Sparrows 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:
Struck from the Naval Register, 1 December 1976.
Disposal Data:
Sold by MARAD, 26 May 1982, fate unknown.
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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Registered Owner
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AO-54
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6114951
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1943
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CHIKASKIA
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12155
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-
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U.S. Navy
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USS Chikaskia (AO-54) refueling Hank (DD-702), February 1945, location unknown.
( Photo © Richard Leonhardt )
USS Chikaskia (AO-54) under way, date and location unknown.( Photo Tommy Trampp )
USS Chikaskia (AO-54), place and date unknown.
USS Chikaskia (AO-54) May 1, 1953.
USS Chikaskia (AO-54) in the Mediterranean Sea, August 1967.
( Photo © Richard Leonhardt )
USS Chikaskia (AO-54) refueling Little Rock (CLG-4) and Springfield (CLG-7) in the
Mediterranean Sea, Southeast of Palma de Majorca, Spain in 1967.
USS Chikaskia (AO-54).
USS Chikaskia (AO-54).
USS Chikaskia (AO-54).
USS Chikaskia (AO-54) underway circa 1949. Much of her antiaircraft battery, including all of the guns and gun
platforms on the bow, have been removed.
( Photo thanks to Mike Green )
USS Chikaskia (AO-54).
USS Chikaskia (AO-54).
USS Chikaskia (AO-54) at anchor off St Thomas, US Virgin Islands, February 1965.