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NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive

Contributed by Mike Smolinski

USNS Marias (T-AO-57)
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USS Marias (AO-57) (1944 - 1975)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Zulu- November - Lima NZNL

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation
Second Row - China Service Medal (extended) - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (8)
Third Row - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - National Defense Service Medal (2)
Fourth Row - Korean Service Medal - Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (1-Lebanon, 1-Cuba) - Vietnam Service Medal (1)
Fifth Row - United Nations Service Medal - Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal - Republic of Korea War Service Medal (retroactive)

Cimmeron Class Fleet Oiler:

Laid down in 1943 as a Maritime Commission type (T2-S2-A3) tanker hull, under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 723) at Bethlehem Steel Shipyard, Sparrows Point, MD.

Launched, 21 December 1943

Commissioned USS Marias (AO-57), 12 February 1944, CDR. Jens G. Olsen in command

During World War II USS Marias (AO-57) was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in eight campaigns

During the Korean War USS Marias (AO-57) served in the War zone from 10 to 14 August 1950

During the Vietnam War USS Marias (AO-57) participated in the following campaign

**Vietnam War Campaign**
Campaign and Dates
Vietnam Ceasefire Campaign 19 to 29 January 1973 5 to 13 February 1973 20 February to 2 March 1973 12 to 20 March 1973

Decommissioned and placed in service with the Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS) as USNS Marias (T-AO-57), 2 October 1973

Placed out of service and transferred, 22 November 1982 to the National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River Group, Lee Hall, VA.

Struck from the Naval Register, 12 December 1992

Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 18 September 1995, by the Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service

USS Marias earned eight battle stars for World War II service and one campaign star for Vietnam War service

Specifications:
Displacement 7,236 t.(lt) 25,440 t.(fl)
Length 553'
Beam 75'
Draft 32'
Speed 18.3 kts (trial)
Complement

Officers 24

Enlisted 291
Largest Boom Capacity 10 t.
Armament

one single 5"/38 cal dual purpose gun mount

four single 3"/50 cal dual purpose gun mounts

four twin 40mm AA gun mounts

four twin 20mm AA gun mounts
Cargo Capacity 16,500 DWT

Oil 123,700 bbls

Gasoline, 788,000 Gals
Fuel Capacity NSFO 15,000 Bbls
Propulsion

two Bethlehem Shipbuilding geared turbines

four Foster & Wheeler K-type boilers, 450psi 750°

Ship's Service Generators

two turbo-drive 400Kw 230V A.C.

one Diesel-drive 150Kw 230V A.C.

double Falk Main Reduction Gears

two propellers, 13,500shp

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By
USS Marias (AO-57)
	143k	*USS Marias* (AO-57)** replenishing USS Randolph (CVS-15) and Cony (DDE-508) along the Atlantic seaboard while conducting ASW (anti-submarine) operations in September 1960	Robert M. Cieri
	62k	*USS Marias* (AO-57)** at anchor in the harbor at Naples, Italy, late-May 1962.	Photo by Jack C. Sofield
	114k	*USS Marias* (AO-57) photographed from the flight deck of USS America (CVA-66)**, 13 February 1966 during underway refueling ops in the Mediterranean Sea.	Richard Rosenbach LCDR, USN Ret
	146k	*USS Marias* (AO-57) alongside USS Franklin D. Roosevelt (CVA-42)** during an underway replenishment in 1966. Note that many of the aircraft of Attack Carrier Air Wing One (CVW-1) are spotted on deck. Note also other ships of the battlegroup astern of the FDR. US Navy photo by PH Denny.	Robert Hurst
	64k	*USS Marias* (AO-57)**, date and location unknown.	Steve Singlar
	98k	*USS Marias* (AO-57)** at Frederiksted, St Croix, VI, 29 January 1971	© Richard Leonhardt
	56k	*USS Marias* (AO-57)** at Frederiksted, St Croix, VI, 29 January 1971	© Richard Leonhardt
USNS Marias (T-AO-57)
	62k	*USNS Marias* (T-AO-57)** at Genoa, Italy, date unknown.	Photo by Carlo Martinelli
	1254k	*USNS Marias* (T-AO-57) underway alongside USS Independence (CV-62) during an underway replenishment in the 1970s. Aft of the island is a North American RA-5C Vigilante which was last deployed in Independence in 1977. The two planes between the RA-5C and the island could either be Grumman C-1 Trader COD aircraft or Grumman S-2 Tracker ASW aircraft. As there are two planes, which would be unusual for COD aircraft, the picture was most probably taken in between 1973 and 1975, when Independence** had an S-2 Tracker ASW squadron as part of her air group. US Defenseimagery.mil photo VIRIN: DN-ST-88-03722, a US Navy photo now in the collections of Defense Imagery.	Robert Hurst
	99k	*USNS Marias* (T-AO-57) refueling USS Inchon (LPD-2)** in October 1975, location unknown.	Larry B Lynn
	121k	*USNS Marias* (T-AO-57)** at sea, North Atlantic Ocean, October 1976	© Richard Leonhardt
	65k	*USNS Marias* (T-AO-57)** moored pierside, Bremerhaven, Germany, October 1976.	Photo by Gerhard L. Mueller-Debus