| 词条 | USNS Cedar Creek (T-AO-138) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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USNS Cedar Creek (T-AO-138) was a Suamico-class Fleet Oiler that served both the United States Navy and the Soviet Union from 1943 to 1954. She was stricken from the Naval Vessel Register in 1957 and scrapped in September 1975. Ship HistoryCedar Creek was laid down on 20 September 1943, as a Type T2-SE-A1 tanker hull under Maritime Commission contract at Sun Shipbuilding and Drydock Company in Pennsylvania. She was launched on 15 December 1943 and subsequently delivered to the Maritime Commission on 27 December 1943. Soviet UnionOn 30 April 1944, she was lent to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) as SS Taganrog under the Lend-Lease Program. She served in this capacity until she was returned to the Maritime Commission in March 1948.[1] U.S. ServiceTaganrog was acquired by the U.S. Navy in July 1948, where she was redesignated as (AO-138) and operated under charter for the Naval Transportation Service. In October 1949, she was assigned to the Military Sea Transportation Service as USNS Cedar Creek (T-AO-138) and continued operations with a civilian crew. On 28 September 1954, she was placed in the National Defense Reserve Fleet at San Diego, California—where she remained until 1 November 1956—when she again transferred to the MSTS.[2]FateShe was stricken from the Naval Vessel Register and turned over to the Maritime Administration on 14 October 1957. She was sold for scrap on 2 September 1975 to Zidell Explorations Inc. for $261,898.99.[3] Ship AwardsThe Cedar Creek received the National Defense Service Medal for honorable service during the Korean War. External links
References1. ^https://web.archive.org/web/20131002214331/http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/c5/cedar_creek.htm 2. ^http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/19/19138.htm 3. ^https://www.marad.dot.gov/sh/ShipHistory/Detail/850
3 : Suamico-class oilers|1943 ships|Type T2-SE-A1 tankers of the United States Navy |
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