Cimarron class fleet replenishment oiler (1939)

Cimarron class fleet replenishment oiler (1939)

The "Cimarron" class oilers were an underway replenishment class of oil tankers which were first built in 1939. Four of the ships were converted into escort carriers in 1942.

hips

*; launched & commissioned 1939, decommissioned 1968
*; launched & commissioned 1939, sunk during the Battle of the Coral Sea, 1942
*; launched & commissioned 1939, scrapped 1971
*; launched & commissioned 1940, struck 1976, sold 1983
*; launched 1940, commissioned 1941, struck 1969, scrapped 1970
*; launched 1939, commissioned 1940, decommissioned 1969, sold for scrap 1970
*; launched 1939, commissioned 1941, decommissioned 1970, struck 1971, scrapped
*; launched 1940, commissioned 1941, decommissioned 1974, struck & scrapped 1975
*; launched 1941, commissioned 1943, decommissioned 1973, sold for scrapping
*; launched & commissioned 1943, struck 1973, sold 1974
*; launched 1942, commissioned 1943, decommissioned 1969, struck 1976, sold 1982
*; launched & commissioned 1943, scrapped in 1970
*; launched 1943, commissioned 1944, struck 1992, sold for scrapping 1995
*; launched & commissioned 1944, decommissioned, struck & sold for scrapping 1973
*; launched & commissioned 1944, struck 1973, sold 1974
*; launched & commissioned 1945, decommissioned, struck & sold for scrapping 1975

Converted to sclass|Sangamon|escort carriers in 1942:

* Originally AO-28; launched 1939, commissioned 1940, decommissioned 1945, sold for commercial service 1948
* Originally AO-33; launched 1939, commissioned 1941, decommissioned 1947, sold for scrap 1961
* Originally AO-31; launched 1939, commissioned 1941, decommissioned 1946, sold 1960
* Originally AO-29; launched 1939, commissioned 1940, decommissioned 1946, struck 1959, scrapped 1960

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