USNS Cumberland (T-AO-153)
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| Name: | USNS Cumberland (T-AO-153) |
| Namesake: | Cumberland, Maryland |
| Owner: | United States Navy |
| Operator: | Military Sealift Command |
| Laid down: | June 1944 |
| Fate: | Scrapped 1972 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Suamico-class fleet oiler |
| Displacement: | 5,782 tons(light) 21,880 tons (full) |
| Length: | 523 ft 6 in (159.6 m) |
| Beam: | 68 ft (21 m) |
| Draft: | 30 ft (9.1 m) |
| Propulsion: | turbo-electric, single screw. 8,000hp |
| Speed: | 15.5 knots |
| Capacity: | 140,000 barrels |
| Complement: | 251 |
For other ships of the same name, see USS Cumberland.
The USNS Cumberland (AO-153/T-AO-153) was named an auxiliary ship in the United States Navy. She was named for the city of Cumberland, Maryland while her predecessors were named for the river.
Cumberland was later designated an underway replenishment oiler, with the designation (T-AO) in 1956 and assigned to the Military Sealift Command.
In 1966, Cumberland was converted by Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company to a floating electric power supply ship for use in Vietnam by the United States Army. Stationed at Qui Nhon, Vietnam her main machinery generated electricity which was transmitted, via power cables, ashore to sub-stations. Later she was moved to Cam Rahn Bay.
Cumberland was sold to Kaohsiung shipbreakers in February 1972.
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