USS Sabine (AO-25)
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Sabine.
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.
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Sabine (foreground) and the guided missile cruiser Albany in the Caribbean Sea in March 1967 | |
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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 |
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Length | 553 ft (169 m) |
Beam | 75 ft (23 m) |
Draft | 32 ft 4 in (9.86 m) |
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Speed | 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph) |
Complement | 304 |
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Service record | |
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Operations: | World War II |
Awards: | 10 battle stars |
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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.