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USNS Cumberland (T-AO-153)

Cumberland Class Fleet Oiler

Laid down, 3 February 1944, as Fort Cumberland, at Sun Shipbuilding Co., Chester, PA. as Maritime Administration type (T-2-SE-A1) tanker hull under Maritime Commission contract (MC 1745)

Launched, 9 May 1944

Delivered to the Maritime Commission, 27 May 1944, contracted under General Agency Agreement to Standard Oil, renamed ESSO Cumberland

Acquired by the Maritime Commission, 26 November 1957, for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River Group, Lee Hall, VA.

Acquired by the US Navy from the Maritime Administration, date unknown

Assigned to MSC and placed In-service as USNS Cumberland (T-AO-153), date unknown

Returned to MARAD, date unknown

Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown

Transferred to the US Army in 1966 for use as a floating power station in South Vietnam

Final Disposition, sold for scrapping at Kaohsiung, Taiwan in February 1972

Specifications:
Displacement 5,782 t.(lt) 21,880 t.(fl)
Length 523' 6"
Beam 68'
Draft 30'
Speed 15.5kts
Armament, none
Capacity 140,000 barrels
Propulsion, turbo-electric, single screw. 8,000hp.

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Contributed By
Merchant Service
091915302	166k	SS Fort Cumberland outbound to sea, 24 June 1944, location unknown US Coast Guard photo from MARAD		Robert Hurst

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