AO-60 Nantahala

Country:  United States

Class, [Type]: Cimarron, [AO].

Builder: Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Sparrows Point, Maryland, U.S.A.

Launch date: 29 April 1944.

Commission date: 19 June 1944.

Decommission date: 02 July 1973.

Displacement ( tons ): 25.848 full load.

Dimensions ( metres ): 169 x 23 x 9,8

Main machinery: 4 x Foster Wheeler boilers, 2 x Bethlehem Shipbuilding geared turbines ( 13.500 hp ), 2 x propeller.

Speed ( knots ): 18.

Complement: 315 ( 24 officers ).

Guns: 1 x 130mm/38, 4 x 76mm/50, 8 x 40mm ( 4 x 2 ), 8 x 20mm ( 4 x 2 ).

Military lift: 146.000 barrels of liquid fuels.

Callsign: NZRU ()

Awards (as of 02/07/1973): 

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