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T-AO-140 Pioneer Valley
Suamico Class Fleet Oiler: Laid down, 1943, as a Maritime Commission type (T-2-SE-A1) tanker hull under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 1947), (place unknown); Launched, (date unknown); Delivered to the Maritime Commission, (date unknown); Acquired by the Navy, (date unknown); Designated (AO-140), operated under charter for the Naval Transportation Service by a civilian company; Transferred to MSTS, 1 October 1949, and placed In-service as USNS Pioneer Valley (T-AO-140); Placed Out-of-service, (date unknown); Laid up in the Reserve Fleet; Struck from the Naval Register, 15 August 1972; Transferred to MARAD, (date unknown); Final Disposition, fate unknown.
Specifications: Displacement 5,782 t.(lt) 21,880 t.(fl); Length 523' 6"; Beam 68'; Draft 30'; Speed 15.5kts; Complement 251; Armament one 5"/38 dual purpose gun mount, four 3"/50 guns, four twin 40mm gun mounts, four twin 20mm gun mounts; Capacity 140,000 barrels; Propulsion, turbo-electric, single screw. 8,000hp.
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