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Canisteo
See also : Building the USS Canisteo (AO-99)
T3-S2-A1
Cimmeron Class Fleet Oiler / Jumboized:
Laid down, 11 November 1945, as a Maritime Commission type (T3-S2-A1) tanker hull, under a Maritime
Commission contract, at Bethlehem Steel Shipyard, Sparrows Point, MD.
Launched, 6 July 1945
Commissioned USS Canisteo (AO-99), 3 December 1945
Decommissioned, 2 October 1989
Struck from the Naval Register, 31 August 1992
Transferred to the Maritime Administration for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River, Fort Eustis, VA.
Final Disposition, sold for scrapping to Able UK, Teeside, England, and removed from the Reserve Fleet,
October 2003 under tow to the United Kingdom.
Scrapped at Hartlepool 13.11.2003.
( See photos below )
Specifications:
Displacement 7,236 t.(lt) 25,440 t.(fl)
Length 553'
Beam 75'
Draft 32'
Speed 18 kts.
Complement 22 officers, 362 enlisted
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 steam turbines, four boilers, two shafts, 13,500 shaft horsepower , twin screws, 30,400hp.
Jumboized Specifications:
Displacement 10,847 t.(lt) 34,750 t.(fl)
Length 644"
Draft 34' 9"
View the Canisteo (AO-99)
DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center web site.
The Miramar Ship Index for "CANISTEO"
IDNo:
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6120921
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Year:
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1945
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Name:
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CANISTEO
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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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06.07.1945
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Flag:
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USA
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Date of completion:
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03.12.1945
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DWT:
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18230
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Yard No:
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4438
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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
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Material of build:
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Location of yard:
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Sparrow's Point
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Number of screws/Mchy/Speed(kn):
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2ST-18
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Subsequent History:
-
Disposal Data:
Scrapped at Hartlepool 13.11.03 ( still alongside early 2007 )
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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AO-99
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6120921
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1945
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CANISTEO
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12155
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-
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U.S. Navy
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USS Canisteo (AO-99), date and place unknown.
USS Canisteo (AO-99).( Photo NARA )
USS Canisteo (AO-99) underway, circa 1955.
USS Canisteo (AO-99), date and place unknown.
USS Canisteo (AO-99) underway, circa 1963.
USS Canisteo (AO-99), June 1959.
USS Canisteo (AO-99) pulls alongside the battleship USS Iowa (BB-61) in preparation for anunderway replenishment, Aug. 1986.
USS Canisteo (AO-99) pulls alongside the battleship USS Iowa (BB-61) in preparation for anunderway replenishment, Aug. 1986.
USS Canisteo (AO-99) at Norfolk, July 1964.
USS Canisteo (AO-99).
( Art work by IAN HALL )
USS Canisteo (AO-99), underway off Guantanamo Bay, Cuba 14 January 1975.
( Navy photo )