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Mispillion
See also : On board photos Mispillion (AO-105)
T3-S2-A3
Cimmeron Class Fleet Oiler:
Laid down, 14 February 1945, as a Maritime Commission type (T3-S2-A3) tanker hull, under
Maritime Commission contract, (MC hull 2701), at Sun Shipbuilding and Drydock, Chester, PA.
Launched, 10 August 1945
Commissioned USS Mispillion (AO-105), 29 December 1945
Placed in commission in reserve for "Jumboization", 16 April 1965, at Toledo, OH., completed at
Boston, MA., and placed in full commission, 6 September 1966
Decommissioned, 26 July 1974
Placed in service with the Military Sealift Command (MSC) as USNS Mispillion (T-AO-105) in 1975
Placed out of service circa 1994
Struck from the Naval Register, 15 February 1995 Title transferred to MARAD for lay up in the National
Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay, Benecia, CA. Final Disposition.
James G. Pobog wrote to me :
Some recent info about the T3-S2-A3 USN oiler USS Mispillion AO 105 :
She had been laid up at Suisun Bay, but was sold for scrap 3 Dec., 2011.
She was moved to the drydocks at Mare Island in early January 2012, and 27 Jan. started her last voyage,
arriving at Brownsville, Texas 4 March 2012. She is now at ESCO Marine, awaiting her fate.
I was crew on Mispillion 1971-1973, and I am one of the last 4 crewmen to go aboard her at Mare
Island in January 2012.
( See photos below )
Cimmeron 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
"Jumboization" Specifications:
Displacement 12,840 t.(lt) 33,987 t.(fl)
Length 644"
Draft 34' 9"
View the USS Mispillion (AO-105)
DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center web site.
The Miramar Ship Index for "MISPILLION"
IDNo:
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6130191
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Year:
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1945
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Name:
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MISPILLION
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Keel:
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14.02.1945
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Type:
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Tanker
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Launch Date:
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10.08.1945
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Flag:
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USA
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Date of completion:
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29.12.1945
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Tons:
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12350
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Link:
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-
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DWT:
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18354
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Yard No:
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526
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Length overall:
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168.6
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Ship Design:
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T3-S2-A3
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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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Sun
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Material of build:
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Location of yard:
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Chester, Pa.
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Number of screws/Mchy/Speed(kn):
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2ST-18
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Subsequent History:
-
Disposal Data:
Scrapped at Brownsville, about 04.2012.
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-105
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6130191
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1945
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MISPILLION
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12350
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-
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U.S. Navy
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Starboard view, USS Mispillion (AO-105) operating off coast of Oahu, Hawaii.” Date: 18 January 1964.
( Photographer: PH2 D.R. Parks )
USS Mispillion (AO-105).
USS Mispillion (AO-105) refueling USS Bon Homme Richard (CV-33) and the USS Southerland (DD-743), May 1959.
Aerial starboard beam view of the fleet oiler USNS Mispillion (T-AO 105) underway.
USS Mispillion (AO-105), conducting an underway replenishment with USS America (CVA-66) while on
Yankee Station in the Gulf of Tonkin, circa 10 April to 1 November 1968.
( Photo thanks to Richard Miller )
USS Mispillion (AO-105).
USS Mispillion (AO-105).( US Navy photo )
USNS Mispillion (T-AO-105) at Naval Station, Subic Bay, Philippines along side the fleet oiler USNS Passumpsic(T-AO-107). The destroyer USS Elliot (DD-967) and guided missile frigate USS Ramsey (FFG-2) are in the
background, Feb. 1987.
USS Mispillion (AO-105), layed up.
USS Mispillion (AO-105), layed up.
Bow quarter view of USS Mispillion (AO-105) underway in Boston harbor in July 1966, at the completion her Jumboization
conversion. Although the insertion of the nearly 100-foot-long additional hull section was performed by a private shipyard,
Boston Naval Shipyard completed the conversion.
( Photo thanks to Stephen P. Carlson, Boston NHP, Charlestown Navy Yard, Boston, MA. )
USNS Mispillion (T-AO-105) underway, date and location unknown.
( Photo thanks to David Buell )
USS Mispillion (AO-105) refueling USS Leahy (CG-16) and USS Sample (FF-1048), 1 December 1980.
( Photo thanks to Robert Hurst )