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USNS Logan's Fort (T-AO-160)

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, N.Y., 11 April 1945

Acquired by the Maritime Commission, 8 April 1946, lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Mobile, AL.

Sold to Cities Service Oil Co, 22 August 1947, at Jacksonville, FL.

Returned (Trade in), 24 June 1955, to the Maritime Administration for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Beaumont, TX.

Transferred to Lykes Bros., 9 November 1956, for reactivation

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, Lee Hall, VA., 30 August 1957

Acquired, 3 June 1966, by the US Army for use as a floating power plant in South Vietnam, date unknown

Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, at Cam Rhan Bay, Vietnam, to Tung Ho Steel Enterprise Corp., 31 January 1972, (PD-X-927) for $253,337.00

Specifications (As Built):
Displacement 10,200 t.(lt) 22,380 t.(fl)
Length 523' 6"
Beam 68'
Draft 30' 10"
Speed 15.1 kts.
Complement unknown

Largest Boom Capacity 10 t.

Armament none

Cargo Capacity 15,300 DWT

Oil 120,400 Bbls

Gasoline 575,000 Gals

Fuel Capacity

NSFO 9,235 Bbls,

Propulsion

one General Electric turbo-electric engine

two Babcock and Wilcox header-type boiler, 450psi 730°
Ship's Service Generators
two turbo-drive 400Kw 450V A.C.
two turbo-drive 85Kw 120V D.C.
two turbo-drive 55Kw 120V D.C.
one turbo-drive 50Kw 450V A.C.

single propeller, 6,000shp

Size	Image Description	Contributed By
172k	*Namesake* Logan's Fort Two decades before it became the 15th state, the Kentucky frontier was in a state of upheaval. Early settlers often referred to the year 1777 as the “Bloody Sevens.” If the major defensive outposts on the frontier had not survived that year of attack from British-allied Indians — particularly those led by Chillicothe Shawnee war chief Blackfish — the early history of the state would have been greatly altered. Logan’s Fort was the first line of defense against any British threat coming from the south. Logan's Fort Park, Stanford, Ky. - Reenactors defending the fort - Photo by Don Sniegowski.	Tommy Trampp
323k	*USNS Logan's Fort* (T-AO-160)** at anchor, date and location unknown. Original copyright US Marine Historian William Schell, purchased and owned by Gerhard Mueller-Debus.	Gerhard Mueller-Debus
74k	*USNS Logan's Fort* (T-AO-160)** at anchor, date and location unknown. Courtesy Auke Visser's Famous T - Tankers Pages	Robert Hurst

USNS Logan's Fort (T-AO-160)
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)

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