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Logan's Fort
T2-SE-A1
Cumberland Class Fleet Oiler:
USNS "Logan's Fort" (T-AO-160).
USNS "Logan's Fort" (T-AO-160).
"Logan's Fort" June 8th, 1949.( Photo Copyright William B. Taylor )
LOGAN'S FORT, T2-SE-A1
History :
Built by Sun Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co., Chester, Pennsylvania.
Yardnumber 467. UMSC No.2431. Official nr. 247573.
Keel laid 14-12-1944. Launched 30-03-1945. Completed 11-04-1945. Gr. 10297 t., Net. 6236 t., Dw. 16613 t. L.o.a. 159,57 m., Br. 20,78 m., Dr. 9,31 m. Engine: 2 steam turbines, manufactured by General Electric Company, Lynn, Massachussetts. 7240 B.h.p., 5401 kW. Speed 15 knots. 26 Tanks.
History:
LOGAN’S FORT-1945 Delivered to the Bernuth, Lembeke Co., New York, N.Y. USA.
LOGAN’S FORT-1946 Acquired by the Maritime Commission, 8 April, lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Mobile, AL.
LOGAN’S FORT-1947 Sold to Cities Service Oil Co, 22 August, at Jacksonville, FL.
LOGAN’S FORT-1955 Returned (Trade in), 24 June, to the Maritime Administration for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Beaumont, TX.
LOGAN’S FORT-1956 Transferred to Lykes Bros., 9 November 1956, for reactivation.
LOGAN’S FORT-1956 Acquired by the Navy from the Maritime Administration, 28 November.
T-AO-160 LOGAN’S FORT-1945 Placed in service as USNS Logan's Fort (T-AO-160), 12 December, at Galveston, TX.
T-AO-160 LOGAN’S FORT-1957 Placed out of service, struck from the Naval Register, and returned to MARAD for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River, Lee Hall, VA., 30 August.
LOGAN’S FORT-1966 Acquired, 3 June 1966, by the US Army for use as a floating power plant at Cam Ranh Bay, South Vietnam, date unknown.
Additional Reports:
Reported Logan’s Fort sold to shipbreakers in Taiwan. Arrived Kaohsiung Jan. 1972 to be broken up. [ By Tung Ho Steel Enterprise Corp. ]
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