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Chikaskia
T3-S2-A3
Cimmeron Class Fleet Oiler:
Laid down (date unknown) as a Maritime Commission type (T3-S2-A3) tanker hull under a Maritime Commission
contract at Bethlehem Steel Shipyard, Sparrows Point, MD.
Launched, 2 October 1942
Acquired by the Navy, 10 January 1943
Commissioned USS Chikaskia (AO-54), 10 November 1943
Decommissioned, 7 November 1955
Recommissioned, 12 December 1956
Decommissioned in 1957 Recommissioned, 17 December 1960
Decommissioned, 18 December 1969, at Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, Philadelphia, PA.
Struck from the Naval Register, 1 December 1976
Transferred to the Maritime Administration for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet
Final Disposition, sold by MARAD, 26 May 1982, fate unknown
( 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 Chikaskia (AO-54)
DANFS history entry located on the Haze Gray & Underway web site.
USS Chikaskia (AO-54) refueling Hank (DD-702), February 1945, location unknown.
( Photo © Richard Leonhardt )
USS Chikaskia (AO-54), place and date unknown.
USS Chikaskia (AO-54) May 1, 1953.
USS Chikaskia (AO-54) in the Mediterranean Sea, August 1967.
( Photo © Richard Leonhardt )
USS Chikaskia (AO-54) refueling Little Rock (CLG-4) and Springfield (CLG-7) in the
Mediterranean Sea, Southeast of Palma de Majorca, Spain in 1967.
USS Chikaskia (AO-54).
USS Chikaskia (AO-54).
USS Chikaskia (AO-54).