USN · AO
AfloatFleet oiler, AO-22. One of the two oilers with the Doolittle Raid force. She fueled the ships and withdrew east on 17 April 1942. She was not sunk. Stricken on 1 October 1968.
| Type | Oiler (AO) |
|---|---|
| Hull | AO-22 |
| Builder | Sun Shipbuilding and Dry Dock, Chester |
| Launched | 1939-01-07 |
| Commissioned | 1939-03-20 |
| Fate | Afloat. Stricken on 1 October 1968. Handed to the Maritime Administration at San Diego on 15 September 1969 and sold for scrap to Levin Metals, which took her on 17 October 1969. This is AO-22, not the later Cimarron. |
Laid down, displacement, length, beam, draft, speed, and complement are not stored for each hull, so this table leaves them out.
Cimarron (AO-22) off the Norfolk Naval Shipyard on 6 February 1942, painted in Measure 12 Modified. Official U.S. Navy photograph 19-N-30121, Bureau of Ships. Public domain.
The pictures on this page are the originals.
No color version yet. Colored pictures and film will be added here.
The Doolittle Raid
1942-04-18 · one of the two oilers with the force. She fueled the ships and withdrew east with the destroyers on the afternoon of 17 April. Not attacked. Not sunk
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