USS Sabine (AO-25)

Sabine (foreground) and the guided missile cruiser Albany in the Caribbean Sea in March 1967
History
United States
Name	USS Sabine
Namesake	Sabine River
Builder	Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Sparrows Point, Maryland
Laid down	18 September 1939
Launched	27 April 1940 as SS Esso Albany
Sponsored by	Miss Ellen Klitgaard
Acquired	Purchased, 25 September 1940
Commissioned	5 December 1940
Decommissioned	14 February 1955
Recommissioned	10 December 1956, by MSTS
Decommissioned	13 November 1957
Stricken	14 January 1959
Recommissioned	14 December 1961
Decommissioned	20 February 1969
Stricken	1 December 1976
Fate	Sold, 1 August 1983
General characteristics
Class and type	Cimarron-class oiler
Displacement	7,470 long tons (7,590 t) light 24,830 long tons (25,228 t) full load
Length	553 ft (169 m)
Beam	75 ft (23 m)
Draft	32 ft 4 in (9.86 m)
Propulsion	Twin screws, 30,400 shp (22,669 kW) Steam (600psi), NSFO
Speed	18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Complement	304
Armament	4 × 5 in (130 mm)/38 cal. guns (4×1) 4 × 40 mm AA guns 4 × 20 mm AA guns
Service record
Part of:	US Pacific Fleet (1941-49) US Atlantic Fleet (1949-55, 1961-69) Military Sea Transportation Service (1956-57) National Defense Reserve Fleet (1957-61, 1970-76) Atlantic Reserve Fleet (1969-70)
Operations:	World War II
Awards:	10 battle stars

USS Sabine (AO-25), a Cimarron-class fleet replenishment oiler serving in the United States Navy, was the second ship named for the Sabine River on the Texas-Louisiana border.

Sabine was laid down on 18 September 1939 as SS Esso Albany, MC hull 10, by the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, at the Bethlehem Sparrows Point Shipyard, Sparrows Point, Maryland; launched on 27 April 1940; sponsored by Miss Ellen Klitgaard; renamed Sabine on 19 September 1940; acquired by the Navy through purchase on 25 September 1940; and commissioned on 5 December 1940.