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Caloosahatchee
T3-S2-A1
Cimmeron Class Fleet Oiler / Jumboized:
Laid down, 30 November 1944, as a Maritime Commission type (T3-S2-A3) tanker hull, under
Maritime Commission contract, (MC hull 2560), at Bethlehem Steel Shipyard, Sparrows Point, MD.
Launched, 2 June 1945
Commissioned USS Caloosahatchee (AO-98), 10 October 1945
Decommissioned, 28 February 1990
Struck from the Naval Register, 18 July 1994
Transferred to the Maritime Administration, 18 December 1998, for lay up in the National Defense
Reserve Fleet, James River, Fort Eustis, VA.
Final Disposition, sold for scrapping to Able UK, Teeside, England, and removed from the Reserve
Fleet, October 2003 under tow to the United Kingdom.
Scrapped at Hartlepool 12.11.2003.
( See photos below )
Specifications:
Displacement 7,236 t.(lt) 25,440 t.(fl)
Length 553'
Beam 75'
Draft 32'
Speed 18 kts.
Complement 22 officers, 362 enlisted
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 steam turbines, four boilers, two shafts, 13,500 shaft horsepower , twin screws, 30,400hp.
Jumboized Specifications:
Displacement 10,847 t.(lt) 34,750 t.(fl)
Length 644"
Draft 34' 9".
The Miramar Ship Index for "CALOOSAHATCHEE"
IDNo:
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6120918
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Year:
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1945
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Name:
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CALOOSAHATCHEE
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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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02.06.1945
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Flag:
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USA
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Date of completion:
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10.10.1945
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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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4437
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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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Subsequent History:
-
Disposal Data:
Scrapped at Hartlepool 12.11.2003 (still alongside early 2007)
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-98
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6120918
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1945
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CALOOSAHATCHEE
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12155
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-
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U.S. Navy
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USS "Caloosahatchee" (AO 98), after her launch June 1945.
USS "Caloosahatchee" (AO 98), on her first tour of duty with the 6th Fleet in the Mediterranean in the late 1940's,
refueling a Benson class destroyer.
( Photo thanks to Pieter B. Bakels )
USS "Caloosahatchee" (AO 98).
( Drawing by Geo Bieda )
USS Caloosahatchee (AO-98), date and place unknown.
USS Caloosahatchee (AO-98), date and place unknown.
USS Caloosahatchee (AO-98), in 1947, place unknown.
( Photo collection Mike Cotting )
USS Caloosahatchee (AO-98), date and place unknown.
USS Caloosahatchee (AO-98), date and place unknown.
USS Caloosahatchee (AO-98), date and place unknown.
USS Caloosahatchee (AO-98) at Rotterdam.
( Photo copyright Russel Priest )
USS Caloosahatchee (AO-98), On anchors - 20.07.1958.
( Photo by Lawrence Dalli )
USS Caloosahatchee (AO-98), photo via master tug "Englishman".
( Photo collection Frans Sanderse )
USS Caloosahatchee (AO-98) in Dry-Dock.
( Photo thanks to Brad Cleaveland )
USS Caloosahatchee (AO-98) under way circa 1964.
( Photo thanks to Tommy Trampp and David Merrill )
USS Caloosahatchee (AO-98) the fully assembled ship undocking, 6 August 1968, during her "Jumboization" conversion at
Bethlehem Steel Co., Baltimore Yards. In a series of dockings and undockings, the stern was detached from the old
midbody, 4 June 1968, and joined to the new midbody, 8 June, then the bow was detached from the old midbody
on 16 July and joined to the new ship on the same day.
( Photo thanks to Mike Green )
USS Caloosahatchee (AO-98). ( Photos thanks to Brad Cleaveland )
Photo on the right, Caloosahatchee and Cannisteo, in the distance, are removed from the "ghost fleet"
in the James River.
( Photo thanks to Brad Cleaveland )
USS Caloosahatchee (AO-98).
USS Caloosahatchee (AO-98), departing the port of Genoa, Italy, 26 April 1972.
( Photo thanks to Carlo Martinelli )
USS Caloosahatchee (AO-98) under way 1 January 1988, location unknown.
( US Navy photo )
USS Caloosahatchee (AO-98).( Photo NARA )
USS Caloosahatchee (AO-98).( Photo Copyright Reserved )