USS Caloosahatchee (AO-98)
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Caloosahatchee in 1988
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| Name: | USS Caloosahatchee |
| Namesake: | The Caloosahatchie River in southwest Florida |
| Ordered: |
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| Laid down: | 30 November 1944 |
| Launched: | 2 June 1945 |
| Commissioned: | 10 October 1945 |
| Decommissioned: | 28 February 1990 |
| Struck: | 18 July 1994 |
| Fate: | Transferred to the Maritime Administration, 18 December 1998. Sold for scrap to Able UK and towed to Hartlepool UK, 2003. Scrapping complete, April 2010. |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Cimarron-class oiler |
| Displacement: |
7,470 t.(lt) 25,450 t.(fl) as built 16,500 t. (lt) 36,500 t.(fl) Jumboized |
| Length: |
553 ft (169 m) as built 664 ft (202 m) Jumboized |
| Beam: | 75 ft (23 m) |
| Draught: | 32 ft (9.8 m) |
| Propulsion: | steam turbines, four boilers, two shafts, 13,500 shp (10,100 kW) , twin screws, 30,400 hp (22,700 kW). |
| Speed: | 18 knots |
| Capacity: | Liquid 8,000,000 gallons, Ordnance cargo cap. 400 tons, Provision cargo cap. 525 tons (Support for 3,000 men for 30 days) |
| Complement: | 22 officers, 335 enlisted |
| Armament: | one single 5-inch/38 dual purpose gun mount; four single 3-inch/50 dual purpose gun mounts; four twin 40mm AA gun mounts; four twin 20mm AA gun mounts |
7,470 t.(lt) 25,450 t.(fl) as built
553 ft (169 m) as built
USS Caloosahatchee (AO-98) was a Cimarron-class fleet oiler constructed for the U.S. Navy for use in World War II but commissioned too late for service in that conflict. However, she had a lengthy career during the Cold War that followed. She was the only U.S. Navy ship to bear the name Caloosahatchee, after the Caloosahatchee River in southwest Florida.
Caloosahatchee (AO-98) was launched 2 June 1945 by Bethlehem Steel-Sparrows Point Shipyard, Inc., Sparrows Point, Maryland, under a Maritime Commission contract; sponsored by Mrs. C. L. Andrews; acquired by the Navy 10 October 1945; commissioned the same day, Commander H. R. Livingston, USNR, in command; and reported to Commander, Service Force, Atlantic Fleet.
Caloosahatchee cruised off the U.S. East Coast, transporting oil and fueling ships at sea, and made a voyage to Iceland from Norfolk, Virginia, during her first two years of operations. On 14 August 1947, she sailed for her first tour of duty with the U.S. 6th Fleet in the Mediterranean, a deployment that marked almost every year of her operations from that time into 1960.
In this era when the U.S. Navy had perfected at-sea replenishment to greatly increase mobility, flexibility and efficiency, Caloosahatchee played a key role in increasing the enormous power for peace represented by the mighty U.S. 6th Fleet.
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