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Esso Richmond (I)
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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.

Additional Info by Starke & Schell Registers :

ESSO RICHMOND - 1940 USA 2ST (aft) (18)
11,316 GRT for Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey, Wilmington, Del. 528.9 x 75.3
Tanker built by Newport News SB. & DD. Co., Newport News, Va. (4) #370 239446
10/1940 - KASKASKIA, U.S. Navy (AO-27)
Broken up at Kaohsiung 1971, arrived 20.12.1970 in tow,
sold to Tung Ho Steel Enterprise Co.

The Miramar Ship Index for "ESSO RICHMOND"
IDNo:
2239446
Year:
1940
Name:
ESSO RICHMOND
Keel:
Type:
Tanker
Launch Date:
29.09.1939
Flag:
USA
Date of completion:
04.1940

Ton:
Link:
-
DWT:
18300
Yard No:
370
Length overall:
168.6
Ship Design:
T3-S2-A1
LPP:
160.0
Country of build:
USA
Beam:
22.9
Builder:
Newport News SB
Material of build:
Location of yard:
Newport News
Number of screws/Mchy/Speed(kn):
2ST-18

Subsequent History:
1940 KASKASKIA

Disposal Data:
Scrapped at Kaohsiung 20.12.1970 [ By Tung Ho Steel Enterprise Co. ]

History :
ON
LR/IMO
ID
Year
Name
Tons
Change
Registered Owner
239446
2239446
1940
ESSO RICHMOND
11316
Standard Oil Co (New Jersey)
AO-27
2239446
1940
KASKASKIA
11316
1940
U.S.Navy

 
"Esso Richmond (I)", launch on september 29th, 1939.
USS Kaskaskia (AO-27), formerly the National Defence Features tanker "Esso Richmond (I)".
 USS Kaskaskia (AO-27), Recovery Fleet, date and place unknown.
( Official USN Photo )
 
USS Kaskaskia (AO-27), date and place unknown.
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).