Sun Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. of Chester, Pennsylvania
Laid down
30 December 1943
Launched
12 April 1944
Sponsored by
Mrs. Anne L. Curry
Identification
IMO number: 5270741
Fate
Sold for scrap, 28 April 1984
General characteristics
Displacement
5,782 t.(lt) 21,880 t.(fl)
Length
523 ft 6 in (159.56 m)
Beam
68 ft (21 m)
Draught
30 ft (9.1 m)
Propulsion
turbo-electric, single screw. 8,000hp
Speed
15.5 knots
Complement
251
Fleet Oiler USS Parkersburg (AO-163) was laid down 30 December 1943 as the SS Fort Cornwallis MC hull 1731, a Maritime Commission type (T2-SE-A1) by Sun Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. of Chester, Pennsylvania, and launched 12 April 1944; sponsored by Mrs. Anne L. Curry; and acquired by the War Shipping Administration.
Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS) and placed in service as USNSParkersburg (T-AO-163). On 27 September 1957 she was returned to the Maritime Administration...
joining the Ohio River at Parkersburg Kanawha, West Virginia, an unincorporated community in Wood County near Parkersburg Kanawha County, West Virginia...
Wilmington in 1956 then to Military Sea Transportation Service as USNSParkersburg (T-AO-163). Returned to United States Department of Commerce in 1957...
was replaced, in mid-1964, by two U.S. Air Force ships, USNS General H. H. Arnold and USNS General Hoyt S. Vandenberg, both Advanced Research Instrumentation...
VC2-S-AP2 July 16, 1945 September 12, 1945 October 8, 1945 854 Parkersburg VictorySS Parkersburg Victory VC2-S-AP2 July 21, 1945 September 15, 1945 October...
naval officer Matthew Fontaine Maury. USNS Maury (T-AGS-66) (2013), named for Matthew Fontaine Maury, was renamed USNS Marie Tharp for oceanographer Marie...
Rochelle Victory High Point Victory Waterville Victory Lynchburg Victory Parkersburg Victory Atlantic City Victory Pass Christian Victory Merchant Victory...
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