USNS Benjamin Isherwood
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This article is about the U.S. Navy oiler. For the Navy engineer and rear admiral, see Benjamin F. Isherwood. For two U.S. Navy destroyers named USS Isherwood, see USS Isherwood.
USNS Benjamin Isherwood (T-AO-191) was a Henry J. Kaiser class fleet replenishment oiler of the United States Navy. She was never completed.
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USNS Benjamin Isherwood (T-AO-191), left, being prepared for long-term storage at the Norfolk Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company in Norfolk, Virginia on 26 August 1994. The guided-missile cruiser USS Normandy (CG-60) is at right. | |
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United States | |
Namesake | Benjamin F. Isherwood (1822–1915), an early U.S. Navy engineer and rear admiral |
Awarded | 6 May 1985 |
Builder | Pennsylvania Shipbuilding Company, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Tampa Shipbuilding Company, Tampa, Florida |
Laid down | 12 July 1986 |
Launched | 15 August 1988a at Pennsylvania Shipbuilding; christened 7 December 1991 at Tampa Shipbuilding |
In service | Never |
Stricken | 29 December 1997 |
Identification | IMO number: 8508876 |
Fate | Scrapped, 2011 |
Notes | Construction contract cancelled 15 August 1993 when ship 95.3% complete |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Henry J. Kaiser-class replenishment oiler |
Type | Fleet replenishment oiler |
Tonnage | 31,200 deadweight tons |
Displacement |
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Length | 677 ft (206 m) |
Beam | 97 ft 5 in (29.69 m) |
Draft | 35 ft (11 m) maximum |
Installed power |
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Propulsion | Two medium-speed Colt-Pielstick PC4-2/2 10V-570 diesel engines, two shafts, controllable-pitch propellers |
Speed | 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
Capacity |
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Complement | 103 (18 civilian officers, 1 U.S. Navy officer, 64 merchant seamen, 20 U.S. Navy enlisted personnel) |
Armament |
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Aircraft carried | None |
Aviation facilities | Helicopter landing platform |
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