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T-AO-160 Logan's Fort
Cumberland Class Fleet Oiler: Laid down, 14 December 1944, as a Maritime Administration type (T2-SE-A1) tanker hull under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 2431) at Sun Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Chester, PA.; Launched 30 March 1945; Delivered to the Bernuth, Lembeke Co., New York, NY, 11 April 1945; Acquired by the Maritime Commission prior to 1956 and laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet; Acquired by the Navy from the Maritime Administration, 28 November 1956; Placed in service as USNS Logan's Fort (T-AO-160), 12 December 1956, at Galveston, TX.; Operated under contract by Mathiasen Tanker Industries, Inc., Philadelphia, PA.; Placed out of service, struck from the Naval Register, and returned to MARAD for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River, Fort Eustis, VA., 30 August 1957; Final Disposition, acquired by the US Army for use as a floating power plant in South Vietnam, fate. unknown.
Specifications: Displacement 5,782 t.(lt) 21,880 t.(fl); Length 523' 6"; Beam 68'; Draft 30'; Speed 15.5kts; Armament, none; Capacity 140,000 barrels; Armament, none; Propulsion, turbo-electric, single screw. 8,000hp.
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