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Esso Annapolis (I)
T3-S2-A1
Cimarron Class Fleet Oiler:
Laid down as Esso Annapolis, a Maritime Commission type (T3-S2-A1) tanker hull, under a Maritime
Commission contract, at Bethlehem-Sparrows Point Shipyard, Inc., Sparrows Point, MD.
Launched, 9 September 1939
Acquired from the Maritime Commission in June 1941
Commissioned USS Chemung (AO-30), 3 July 1941
Decommissioned, 3 July 1950, at San Diego, CA.
Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, San Diego Group
Recommissioned, 1 December 1950
Decommissioned, 18 September 1970, at San Diego, CA.
Struck from the Naval Register in May 1971
Transferred to the Maritime Administration, (date unknown), for lay up in the
National Defense Reserve Fleet
Final Disposition, scrapped 1971.
( See photos below )
Specifications:
Displacement 7,470 t.(lt) 24,830 t.(fl)
Length 553'
Beam 75'
Draft 32' 4"
Speed 18 kts.
Complement 304
Armament four 5"/38 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 Chemung (AO-30)
DANFS history entry located on the Haze Gray & Underway Web Site.
Additional Info by Starke & Schell Registers :
ESSO ANNAPOLIS - 1940 USA 2ST (aft) (18)
11,316 GRT for Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey, Wilmington, Del., 528.8 x 75.3
Tanker build by Bethlehem Steel Co., SB. Div., Sparrow's Point, Md. (1) #4330 239220
6/1941 - CHEMUNG, U. S. Navy (AO-30)
Sold May 1971 for scrapping to Levin Metals Corp., San Jose, Calif.
The Miramar Ship Index for "ESSO ANNAPOLIS"
IDNo:
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2239220
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Year:
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1940
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Name:
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ESSO ANNAPOLIS
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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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9.09.1939
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Flag:
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USA
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Date of completion:
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01.1940
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Tons:
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11316
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Link:
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-
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DWT:
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18300
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Yard No:
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4330
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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:
1941 CHEMUNG
Disposal Data:
Scrapped at San Jose, Cal., 05.1971 [ By Levin Metals Corp. ]
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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239220
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2239220
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1940
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ESSO ANNAPOLIS
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11316
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Standard Oil Co (New Jersey)
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AO-30
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2239220
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1940
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CHEMUNG
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11316
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1941
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U.S. Navy
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USS Chemung (AO-30) ex."Esso Annapolis (I)", Norfolk Navy Yard, Va, April 30th 1943.
( Photo NARA )
USS Chemung (AO-30) ex."Esso Annapolis (I)", Norfolk Navy Yard, Va, December 18th 1944.
( Photo NARA )
USS Chemung (AO-30) ex."Esso Annapolis (I)", date and place unknown.
Broadside view of USS Chemung (AO-30) off Mare Island, 26 July 1957.Chemung undergoing repairs at Mare Island from 30 April until 31 July 1957.
( Photo collection Darryl Baker )
USS Chemung (AO-30) aground near Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay, 3 July 1958.
( Photo thanks to Ron Reeves )
USS Chemung (AO-30) underway in 1959, location unknown.(Photo thanks toNicholas Tiberio)
USS Chemung (AO-30), refuels USS Boyd (DD-544) in the Pacific Ocean, 11 April 1962.
( Photo thanks to David Buell )
USS Chemung (AO-30), underway during replenishment of an aircraft carrier, 1966.
USS Chemung (AO-30) in heavy wheater.
USS Chemung (AO-30) in action.
USS Chemung (AO-30) refueling Alaska (CB-1), date and place unknown.
USS Chemung (AO-30) underway, date and location unknown.
( Photo Copyright Tommy Trampp )
USS Chemung (AO-30) refueling USS Hancock (CVA-19), 2 July 1969, off the coast of California.
( Photo Copyright Mike Green )