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Chukawan
T3-S2-A1
USS Chukawan (AO-100)
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, 28 August 1945
Commissioned USS Chukawan (AO-100), 22 January 1946
Decommissioned, 13 June 1972, Pier 2, Naval Station Norfolk, VA.
Struck from the Naval Register, 1 July 1972
Final Disposition, sold for scrapping by the Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service, 1 March 1973.
Scrapped at New York 03.1973.
( 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 Chukawan (AO-100)
DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center web site.
USS Chukawan (AO-100), date and location unknown.
USS Chukawan (AO-100) underway while replenishing another ship, date and
location unknown.
( Photo thanks to Stanley C. Svec )
USS Chukawan (AO-100) replenishing Goodrich (DD-831) and Power (DD-839),
date and place unknown.
( Photo thanks to Mike Smolinski )
USS Chukawan (AO-100), circa 1956, place unknown.
( Photo by Larry Bohn )
USS Chukawan (AO-100), April 1957. Note the hoses suspended from the booms at all four fueling stations to port.
( Photo thanks to Mike Green )
USS Chukawan (AO-100), place unknown.
USS Chukawan (AO-100) refueling Boston (CAG-1) while operating in the
Mediterranean, 15 September 1962.
( Photo thanks to David Buell )
USS Chukawan (AO-100) underway, date and location unknown.
Sample photo USS Chukawan (AO-100).
Sample photo USS Chukawan (AO-100).
USS Chukawan (AO-100).
USS Chukawan (AO-100).