USS Cimarron (AO-177)
USS Cimarron before the jumboization, 1983 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | USS Cimarron |
| Namesake | Cimarron River |
| Awarded | 9 August 1976 |
| Builder | Avondale Shipyards |
| Laid down | 18 May 1978 |
| Launched | 28 April 1979 |
| Acquired | 15 December 1980 |
| Commissioned | 10 January 1981 |
| Decommissioned | 15 December 1998 |
| Stricken | 3 May 1999 |
| Identification | IMO number: 7638430 |
| Motto | "First in Service" |
| Fate | Scrapped |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement | 36,977 tons full load |
| Length | 699 ft (213 m) |
| Beam | 88 ft (27 m) |
| Draft | 35 ft (11 m) |
| Propulsion | Steam Turbine/2 x 600 psi boilers |
| Speed | 21.8 kn (40.4 km/h) |
| Complement | 17 officers, 235 enlisted |
| Armament | 4 × .50-caliber Machine Guns |
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USS Cimarron (AO-177) was the lead ship of the Cimarron-class of fleet oilers of the United States Navy. Cimarron was built at the Avondale Shipyards in New Orleans, Louisiana (USA) starting in 1978 and was commissioned in 1981 for service in the Pacific Fleet. Commissioned at the Naval Supply Center, 10 January 1981, in Oakland, California. The oiler was home ported in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The total cost for the ship was $136.7 million.