Fleet Oilers-AO

Description: Fleet oilers furnish ordnance, fuel and petroleum products to the fleet at sea during underway replenishments.

Features: Fleet oilers operate as a unit of an underway replenishment group, replenishing petroleum products and ordnance to the fleet at sea during underway replenishments (UNREPS). The oilers transport bulk petroleum and lubricants from depots to the ships of the battle group. The number of Navy-manned fleet oilers has decreased as more and more Military Sealift Command ships, manned by a civilian crew and commanded by a civilian master, have assumed responsibilities for supplying deployed ships.

General Characteristics, Cimarron Class

Builders: Avondale Shipyards
Power Plant: Two boilers, one steam turbine, one shaft, 24,000 shaft horsepower
Length: 708 feet (212.4 meters)
Beam: 88 feet (26.4 meters)
Displacement: 37,840 tons (34,083 metric tons) full load
Speed: 20 knots (23 miles, 36.8 km, per hour)
Cargo capacity 180,000 barrels fuel; 600 tons of cargo ammunition
Ships:
USS Cimarron (AO-177), Pearl Harbor, HI
USS Monongahela (AO-178), Norfolk, Va.
USS Merrimack (AO-179), Norfolk, Va.
USS Willamette (AO-180), Pearl Harbor, HI
USS Platte (AO-186), Norfolk, Va.
Crew: 15 officers, 318 enlisted
Armament: Two Phalanx close-in-weapons systems (except AO-178)
Date Deployed: January 10, 1981 (USS Cimarron)

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