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Specifications of the U.S.S. Neosho
When it was built in 1939, the U.S.S. Neosho (AO-23) was the largest tanker in the world. With the probability of America participating in World War II looming ever closer, the Navy wanted this to be a fast ship, able to keep up with aircraft carriers and cruisers when refueling them at high speed on the open ocean, so they cancelled the original plan of having only a single propeller and instead redesigned it with two propellers. It was the second Navy ship named U.S.S. Neosho (see The Four U.S.S. Neoshos).
Here are the specifications of the U.S.S. Neosho:
U.S.S. Neosho
Hull Number: AO-23 Date Laid Down: June 22, 1938 Date Launched: April 29, 1939 Construction Site: Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Kearny, New Jersey (Hull #152) Sponsor: Mrs. Emory S. Land, wife of Rear Admiral, Emory S. Land Type: Cimarron-class Fleet Oiler Length: 553 feet Beam: 75 feet Draft: 32 feet Displacement: 24,830 tons Maximum Speed: 18 knots Capacity: 146,000 barrels Armament: One 5" gun, three 3" guns, eight 20-millimeter guns Note: The machine guns were added after the December 7, 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor. Engines: Geared turbines Boilers: Four Foster-Wheeler Shafts: Two Horsepower: 13,500 Complement: 288 officers and crew (during the Battle of the Coral Sea) Commission Date: August 7, 1939 in Norfolk, Virginia Conversion: Completed on July 7, 1941 at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, Washington Date Sunk: May 11, 1942 (scuttled intentionally by destroyer U.S.S. Henley) Commendations Received: Two battle stars
By comparison, here are the specifications for a modern oil tanker, the Exxon Valdez. The Exxon Valdez is perhaps the most famous (infamous?) tanker in the world, having ran aground in Alaska in 1989 and causing a massive oil spill. The Exxon Valdez, which was repaired and now has a different name, is about twice as long, twice as wide, and twice as deep as was the Neosho and has about 10 times the capacity:
Exxon Valdez Length: 987 feet Beam: 166 feet Draft: 64 feet Displacement: 211,469 tons Maximum Speed: 16 knots Capacity: 1.48 million barrels Complement: 21 crew
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