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T-AO-162 Memphis
Cumberland Class Fleet Oiler: Laid down, 11 March 1944, as Esso Memphis, a Maritime Administration type (T2-SE-A1) tanker hull, under a Maritime Commission contract at Sun Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co., Chester, PA.; Delivered to Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey, 28 June 1944; Returned to the Maritime Commission for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, (date unknown); Acquired by the US Navy from the Maritime Commission, 28 November 1956, and placed in service as USNS Memphis (T-AO-162); Assigned to MSTS, 23 December 1956; Operated by Marine Transport Lines, Inc.; Placed out of service, struck from the Naval Register, and returned to the Maritime Administration for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River, Fort Eustis, VA., 13 September 1960; Converted to a floating power plant at Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Co., Newport News, VA. in 1966; Transferred to the US Army for service in South Vietnam; Final Disposition, fate unknown.
Specifications: Displacement 5,782 t.(lt) 21,800 t.(fl); Length 523' 6"; Beam 68' 2"; Draft 30' 2"; Speed 14.5kts; Armament, none; Capacity 140,000 barrels; Propulsion, turbo-electric, single screw. 8,000hp.
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