Cimarron Class Oiler (1939) - Ships

Ships

  • USS Cimarron (AO-22); launched & commissioned 1939, decommissioned & struck 1968, sold for scrap 1969
  • USS Neosho (AO-23); launched & commissioned 1939, sunk during the Battle of the Coral Sea, 1942
  • USS Platte (AO-24); launched & commissioned 1939, decommissioned & struck 1970, scrapped 1971
  • USS Sabine (AO-25); ex-Esso Albany, launched & commissioned 1940, decommissioned 1970, struck 1971, sold 1983
  • USS Salamonie (AO-26); ex-Esso Columbia, launched 1940, commissioned 1941, struck 1969, scrapped 1970
  • USS Kaskaskia (AO-27); ex-Esso Richmond, launched 1939, commissioned 1940, decommissioned 1969, sold for scrap 1970
  • USS Sangamon (AO-28); ex-Esso Trenton, launched 1939, commissioned 1940, converted to CVE-26 1942
  • USS Santee (AO-29); ex-Seakay, launched 1939, commissioned 1940, converted to CVE-29 1942
  • USS Chemung (AO-30); ex-Esso Annapolis, launched 1939, commissioned 1941, decommissioned 1970, struck 1971, scrapped
  • USS Chenango (AO-31); ex-Esso New Orleans, launched 1939, commissioned 1941, converted to CVE-28 1942
  • USS Guadalupe (AO-32); ex-Esso Raleigh, launched 1940, commissioned 1941, decommissioned 1974, struck & scrapped 1975
  • USS Suwannee (AO-33); ex-Markay, launched 1939, commissioned 1941, converted to CVE-27 1942
  • USS Ashtabula (AO-51); launched & commissioned 1943, jumboized 1968, decommissioned 1982, struck 1991, partially scrapped 1995, expended as target 2000
  • USS Cacapon (AO-52); launched & commissioned 1943, decommissioned, struck and sold for scrap 1973
  • USS Caliente (AO-53); launched & commissioned 1943, decommissioned & struck 1973, sold for scrap 1974
  • USS Chikaskia (AO-54); launched 1942, commissioned 1943, decommissioned 1969, struck 1976, sold 1982
  • USS Elokomin (AO-55); launched & commissioned 1943, decommissioned, struck & scrapped 1970
  • USS Aucilla (AO-56); launched & commissioned 1943, decommissioned 1970, struck 1976, scrapped 1992
  • USS Marias (AO-57); launched 1943, commissioned 1944, transferred to MSC 1973, retired 1982, struck 1992, sold for scrapping 1995
  • USS Manatee (AO-58); launched & commissioned 1944, decommissioned, struck & sold for scrapping 1973
  • USS Mississinewa (AO-59); launched and commissioned 1944, torpedoed and sunk at Ulithi 1944
  • USS Nantahala (AO-60); launched & commissioned 1944, decommissioned & struck 1973, sold for scrapping 1975
  • USS Severn (AO-61); launched and commissioned 1944, decommissioned 1973, struck 1974, sold for scrapping 1975
  • USS Taluga (AO-62); launched and commissioned 1944, transferred to MSC 1972, struck 1992, to MARAD 1999, scrapped 2010
  • USS Chipola (AO-63); launched & commissioned 1944, struck 1973, sold 1974
  • USS Tolovana (AO-64); launched & commissioned 1945, decommissioned, struck & sold for scrapping 1975
  • USS Allagash (AO-97); launched & commissioned 1945, decommissioned 1970, struck 1973, sold for scrapping 1976
  • USS Caloosahatchee (AO-98); launched & commissioned 1945, jumboized 1966, decommissioned 1990, struck 1994, towed to Hartlepool UK 2003, scrapping complete March 2010
  • USS Canisteo (AO-99); launched & commissioned 1945, jumboized 1967, decommissioned 1989, struck 1992, towed to Hartlepool UK 2003, scrapping complete August 2010
  • USS Chukawan (AO-100); launched 1945, commissioned 1946, decommissioned & struck 1972, sold for scrapping 1973

Converted to Sangamon-class escort carriers in 1942:

  • USS Sangamon (CVE-26); ex-Esso Trenton, launched 1939, commissioned 1940 as AO-28, decommissioned 1945, sold for commercial service 1948
  • USS Suwannee (CVE-27); ex-Markay, launched 1939, commissioned 1941 as AO-33, decommissioned 1947, sold for scrap 1961
  • USS Chenango (CVE-28); ex-Esso New Orleans, launched 1939, commissioned 1941 as AO-31, decommissioned 1946, sold 1960
  • USS Santee (CVE-29); ex-Seakay, launched 1939, commissioned 1940 as AO-29, decommissioned 1946, struck 1959, scrapped 1960

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