USS Passumpsic

USNS Passumpsic (T-AO-107) in 1984
History
United States
NameUSS Passumpsic
NamesakeThe Passumpsic River in Vermont
BuilderSun Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Chester, Pennsylvania
Laid down8 March 1945
Launched31 October 1945
Commissioned1 April 1946
Decommissioned24 July 1973
In service1975
Out of serviceDecember 1991
ReclassifiedT-AO-107 on 24 July 1973
Stricken17 December 1991 or 18 December 1991[1]
IdentificationIMO number: 7737145
Honors and
awards
FateSold for scrapping 19 December 1991
General characteristics
Class and typeAshtabula-class oiler[2]
Displacement
  • As built:
  • 7,423 tons (light); 25,500 tons (full load)
  • After "jumboization":
  • 12,840 tons (light); 34,350 tons (full load)
Length
  • As built:
  • 553 ft (169 m)
  • After "jumboization":
  • 644 ft (196 m)
Beam75 ft (23 m)
Draft
  • As built:
  • 32 ft (9.8 m)
  • After "jumboization":
  • 36 ft (11 m)
Installed power30,400 hp (22,700 kW)
Propulsiongeared turbines, twin screws
Speed18.3 knots (33.9 km/h)
Capacity146,000 barrels (23,200 m3) of fuel oil
Complement304 (as USS Passumpsic)
Crew108 civilians plus a detachment of U.S. Navy personnel (as USNS Passumpsic)
Armament
Notes"Jumboization" involved the lengthening of Passumpsic's hull and installation of additional cargo capacity during 1964–65.

USS Passumpsic (AO-107), the only United States Navy ship to bear the name, was an Ashtabula-class fleet replenishment oiler that served in the U.S. Navy from 1946 to 1973, then transferred to the Military Sealift Command to continue service as United States Naval Ship USNS Passumpsic (T-AO-107). She was the only U.S. Navy ship to bear the name Passumpsic, after the Passumpsic River in Vermont.[3]

  1. ^ Sources differ on the date. The discrepancy likely arises because she was in the Philippines when stricken, leading some sources to cite the date in the Philippines at the time of striking and others to cite the date on the other side of the International Date Line in the United States.
  2. ^ Some sources refer to this class as the Mispillion class
  3. ^ "USNS Passumpsic (T-AO 107)". navysite.de.