USS Monongahela (AO-178)
Monongahela in Italy, 1986 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | USS Monongahela (AO-178) |
| Namesake | Monongahela River |
| Builder | Avondale Shipyards |
| Laid down | 15 August 1978 |
| Launched | 4 August 1979 |
| Commissioned | 5 September 1981 |
| Decommissioned | 30 September 1999 |
| Stricken | 30 September 1999 |
| Identification | IMO number: 7638545 |
| Fate | Scrapped 31 March 2016 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Cimarron class fleet oiler |
| Displacement | 36,977 tons full load |
| Length | 708 ft (216 m) |
| Beam | 88 ft (27 m) |
| Draft | 32 ft (9.8 m) |
| Propulsion | two boilers, one steam turbine, single shaft, 24,000shp |
| Speed | 20 kn (37 km/h) |
| Capacity | 150,000 barrels of fuel oil or aviation fuel and several tons of additional goods |
| Complement | 12 officers, 148 enlisted |
| Sensors & processing systems | A/N SPS-55 Surface Search Radar |
| Armament | 4 x M2HB heavy machine guns |
| Aircraft carried | None, but fitted with stern helicopter landing platform |
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USS Monongahela (AO-178) was a Cimarron-class fleet replenishment oiler commissioned in the United States Navy from 1981 to 1999.