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Esso Richmond (I)
T3-S2-A1
Cimarron Class Fleet Oiler:
Laid down as Esso Richmond, a Maritime Commission type, (T3-S2-A1) tanker hull, under a
Maritime Commission contract, at Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Co., Newport News, VA.
Launched, 29 September 1939;
Acquired by the Navy, 22 October 1940;
Commissioned USS Kaskaskia (AO-27), 29 October 1940;
Decommissioned, 8 April 1955;
Recommissioned, for service with MSTS, 8 January 1957;
Decommissioned, 21 October 1957;
Transferred to the Maritime Administration for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet;
Struck from the Naval Register, 2 January 1959;
Reacquired and reinstated on the Naval Register, 8 September1961;
Recommissioned, 6 December 1961 at Hoboken, NJ;
Decommissioned in December 1969;
Laid up in the Reserve Fleet;
Struck from the Naval Register, (date unknown);
Transferred to the Maritime Administration at Philadelphia, PA, for disposal, 17 April 1970
Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 3 August 1970, Tung Ho Steel Enterprise Corp., Taiwan.
( See photos below )
Specifications:
Displacement 7,470 t.(lt) 24,830 t.(fl);
Length 553';
Beam 75';
Draft 32' 4";
Speed 18kts;
Complement 304;
Armament four 5"/38 dual purpose gun mounts, four twin 40mm gun mounts,
four twin 20mm gun mounts;
Capacity 146,000 barrels;
Propulsion, geared turbines, twin screws. 30,400hp.
View the Kaskaskia (AO-27)
DANFS history entry located on the Haze Gray & Underway Web Site.
Ship Report for "ESSO RICHMOND"
IDNo:
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2239446
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Year:
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1940
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Name:
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ESSO RICHMOND
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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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29.09.1939
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Flag:
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USA
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Date of completion:
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04.1940
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DWT:
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18300
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Yard No:
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370
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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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Newport News SB
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Material of build:
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Location of yard:
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Newport News
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Number of screws/Mchy/Speed(kn):
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2ST-18
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Subsequent History:
1940 KASKASKIA
Disposal Data:
Scrapped at Kaohsiung 20.12.1970 [ by Tung Ho Steel Enterprise Co. ]
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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Name change
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Registered Owner
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239446
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2239446
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1940
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ESSO RICHMOND
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11316
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Standard Oil Co (New Jersey)
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AO-27
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2239446
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1940
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KASKASKIA
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11316
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1940
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U.S.Navy
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USS Kaskaskia (AO-27), formerly the National Defence Features tanker "Esso Richmond (I)".
USS Kaskaskia (AO-27), date and place unknown.
USS Kaskaskia (AO-27) refeuling USS Hart (DD-594) at sea, 23 December 1944.
USS Kaskaskia (AO-27) refeuling USS Hart (DD-594) at sea, 23 December 1944.
USS Kaskaskia (AO-27) and USS Hart (DD-594), separate, after refueling at sea, 23 December 1944.
Photographed from a blimp of squadron ZP-31. This was one of a series of experimental refuelings
conducted by these two ships during 12-23 December 1944 to develop improved fueling at sea
techniques. USS Hart's camouflage is Measure 31 Design 16d.
USS Kaskaskia (AO-27), date and place unknown.
USS Kaskaskia (AO-27), date and place unknown.
USS Kaskaskia (AO-27), date and place unknown. US Navy photo.
USS Kaskaskia (AO-27).
U.S. Navy Oiler USS Kaskaskia (AO-27), 1962.
U.S. Navy Oiler USS Kaskaskia (AO-27), 1969.
USS Kaskaskia (AO-27) underway in San Francisco Bay, 8 July 1957.
( Photo thanks to Robert M. Cieri )
USS Kaskaskia (AO-27).
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