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The ''Cimarron'' class oilers were an underway replenishment class of oil tankers which were first built in 1939 as "National Defense Tankers," United States Maritime Commission Type T3-S2-A1, designed "to conform to the approved characteristics for naval auxiliaries in speed, radius and structural strength", anticipating their militarization in the event of war. "Tentative plans had been reached with the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey to build ten high-speed tankers with the government paying the cost of the larger engines needed for increased speed. By the first week in December (), Standard Oil had solicited and received bids from a number of yards providing for the construction of a number of 16,300-ton (deadweight) capacity tankers. Bids were requested for two versions: a single-screw design of 13 knots and a twin-screw design of 18 knots. The price difference between the two would be used to establish the government's cost subsidy for greater speed. Plans and specifications for both designs were prepared for Standard Oil by naval architect E. L. Stewart. It seems certain that the design for the 18-knot tanker (Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey Design No. 652 NDF) evolved out of the bureau's (C&R) design for a fleet oiler." Three of the original twelve ships were commissioned directly into the Navy at launch in 1939; the remainder entered merchant service with Standard Oil of New Jersey and Keystone Tankships before being acquired under the Two-Ocean Navy Act of July 1940. A further eighteen were built for the Navy between 1943 and 1946, with five additional units, sometimes called the ''Mispillion'' class, built to the slightly larger Type T3-S2-A3 design. Four of the ''Cimarrons'' were converted to escort carriers (CVE) in 1942; two others were sunk by enemy action. ==Ships== * ; launched & commissioned 1939, decommissioned & struck 1968, sold for scrap 1969 * ; launched & commissioned 1939, sunk during the Battle of the Coral Sea, 1942 * ; launched & commissioned 1939, decommissioned & struck 1970, scrapped 1971 * ; ex-''Esso Albany'', launched & commissioned 1940, decommissioned 1970, struck 1971, sold 1983 * ; ex-''Esso Columbia'', launched 1940, commissioned 1941, struck 1969, scrapped 1970 * ; ex-''Esso Richmond'', launched 1939, commissioned 1940, decommissioned 1969, sold for scrap 1970 * ; ex-''Esso Trenton'', launched 1939, commissioned 1940, converted to CVE-26 1942 * ; ex-''Seakay'', launched 1939, commissioned 1940, converted to CVE-29 1942 * ; ex-''Esso Annapolis'', launched 1939, commissioned 1941, decommissioned 1970, struck 1971, scrapped * ; ex-''Esso New Orleans'', launched 1939, commissioned 1941, converted to CVE-28 1942 * ; ex-''Esso Raleigh'', launched 1940, commissioned 1941, decommissioned 1974, struck & scrapped 1975 * ; ex-''Markay'', launched 1939, commissioned 1941, converted to CVE-27 1942 * ; launched & commissioned 1943, jumboized 1968, decommissioned 1982, struck 1991, partially scrapped 1995, expended as target 2000 * ; launched & commissioned 1943, decommissioned, struck and sold for scrap 1973 * ; launched & commissioned 1943, decommissioned & struck 1973, sold for scrap 1974 * ; launched 1942, commissioned 1943, decommissioned 1969, struck 1976, sold 1982 * ; launched & commissioned 1943, decommissioned, struck & scrapped 1970 * ; launched & commissioned 1943, decommissioned 1970, struck 1976, scrapped 1992 * ; launched 1943, commissioned 1944, transferred to MSC 1973, retired 1982, struck 1992, sold for scrapping 1995 * ; launched & commissioned 1944, decommissioned, struck & sold for scrapping 1973 * ; launched and commissioned 1944, torpedoed and sunk at Ulithi 1944 * ; launched & commissioned 1944, decommissioned & struck 1973, sold for scrapping 1975 * ; launched and commissioned 1944, decommissioned 1973, struck 1974, sold for scrapping 1975 * ; launched and commissioned 1944, transferred to MSC 1972, struck 1992, to MARAD 1999, scrapped 2010 * ; launched & commissioned 1944, struck 1973, sold 1974 * ; launched & commissioned 1945, decommissioned, struck & sold for scrapping 1975 * ; launched & commissioned 1945, decommissioned 1970, struck 1973, sold for scrapping 1976 * ; launched & commissioned 1945, jumboized 1966, decommissioned 1990, struck 1994, towed to Hartlepool UK 2003, scrapping complete March 2010 * ; launched & commissioned 1945, jumboized 1967, decommissioned 1989, struck 1992, towed to Hartlepool UK 2003, scrapping complete August 2010 * ; launched 1945, commissioned 1946, decommissioned & struck 1972, sold for scrapping 1973 Converted to s in 1942: * ; ex-''Esso Trenton'', launched 1939, commissioned 1940 as AO-28, decommissioned 1945, sold for commercial service 1948 * ; ex-''Markay'', launched 1939, commissioned 1941 as AO-33, decommissioned 1947, sold for scrap 1961 * ; ex-''Esso New Orleans'', launched 1939, commissioned 1941 as AO-31, decommissioned 1946, sold 1960 * ; ex-''Seakay'', launched 1939, commissioned 1940 as AO-29, decommissioned 1946, struck 1959, scrapped 1960 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cimarron-class oiler (1939)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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