U.S.S. Platte
AO-186
1988
(Argos AS-33)
- Class: Cimarron -- 5 fleet oilers of 1976-78
- Displacement: 8,210 tons light / 27,500 tons full load
- Dimensions: 591'4" (oa) x 88' x 33'6"
- Machinery: 1 steam turbine; 24,000 shp; 1 shaft = 20 knots
- Guns: 2-20mm Phalanx CIWS Mk 15
- Complement: 212
- Builder: Avondale Shipyards, New Orleans, Louisiana
- Laid down: 2 Feb 1981
- Launched: 30 Jan 1982
- Commissioned: 16 Apr 1983
- Notes: Designed to provide two complete refuelings to a conventional aircraft carrier and six to eight accompanying escort ships. Carry 120,000 barrels of petroleum products, both marine fuel and JP-5 gas turbine fuel.
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