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Cimarron
T3-S2-A1
Cimarron Class Fleet Oiler:
Laid down (date unknown) as a Maritime Commission type (T3-S2-A1) tanker hull, under a Maritime
Commission contract at Sun Shipbuilding and Drydock, Chester, PA.
Launched, 7 January 1939
Commissioned USS Cimarron (AO-22), 20 March 1939
Decommissioned and struck from the Naval Register in October 1968
Final Disposition, scrapped, at San Jose, CA. in 1969
( See photos below )
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Specifications:
Displacement 7,470 t.(lt) 24,830 t.(fl)
Length 553'
Beam 75'
Draft 32' 4"
Speed 18 kts.
Complement 304
Armament four 5"/38 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 Cimarron (AO-22)
DANFS history entry located on the Haze Gray & Underway Web Site.
Launch of the "Cimarron".
LAUNCH FIRST SHIP IN MARITIME BOARD PROGRAM
Chester, PA., -- The tanker Cimarron sliding down the ways here, Jan 7th. The Cimarron, first of 52 ships in the Maritime Baord's Program for the year, has been sold to the Navy along with a sistership to be launched later.
( Newspaper photo )
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"Cimarron", after her launch.
"Cimarron", build by Sun.
( Photo Sun Shipbuilding and Drydock Co. )
USS Cimarron (AO-22).
USS Cimarron (AO-22) underway, November 1965.
The US Navy tanker USS Cimarron (AO 22), a twin screw turbine vessel of the T3-S2-A1 type.
Delivered in February 1939 she was the first completion in the Maritime Commission's long
range Builting programme, being USMC hull No 2. The ship is shown closing in at speed to
commence a refuelling job at sea during the war.
USS Cimarron (AO-22).
USS Cimarron (AO-22).
Boiler Room of the "USS Cimarron (AO-22)".
USS Cimarron (AO-22).
Starboard bow plan view looking aft of USS Cimarron (AO-22) at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, CA., 26 November 1942,
after taking part in the Tokyo Raid with the Hornet (CV-8) and Enterprise (CV-6) in April and the Battle of the Coral Sea in
early May with Lexington (CV-2), Yorktown (CV-5), Hornet and Enterprise, to defeat the Japanese at Midway at the end of
May-early June, and finally, taking part in operations in the Solomon Islands and Guadalcanal. The destroyer berthed to
starboard of Cimarron is Worden (DD-352) with the stern of the heavy cruiser Chicago (CA-29) visable just forward of
Worden. On the opposite side of the pier, across for Worden, is the destroyer Dewey (DD-349). Across the river at Mare
Island Naval Station, in the ferry slip, is either the harbor ferry Delta King (YFB-55) or Delta Queen (YFB-56).
( US Navy photo )
USS Cimarron (AO-22) steams alongside USS Yorktown (CV-10) to refuel and resupply the carrier while
underway in the Pacific Ocean, 4 March 1945.
( US National Archives photo )
USS Cimarron (AO-22), comes alongside USS Enterprise (CV-6) to begin a refueling of the carrier while
underway in the Pacific Ocean. 28 January 1944.
( US National Archives photo )
USS Cimarron (AO-22).
USS Cimarron (AO-22) underway, date and location unknown.
( Photo thanks to Richard Miller )
MARAD's official repository of NDRF ships of Cimarron
From the Department of Transportation / Maritime Administration (USA).