USS Cimarron (AO-22) [SEP] vessel class
USS Cimarron (AO-22)
USS "Cimarron" (AO-22) was a "Cimarron"-class oiler serving with the United States Navy and the second ship to be named for the Cimarron River in the Southwestern United States. She was launched 7 January 1939 by Sun Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Chester, Pennsylvania; sponsored by Mrs. William D. Leahy; and commissioned 20 March 1939 with Lieutenant Commander William W. Behrens, Sr. in command.
World War II.
"Cimarron" cleared Houston 31 May 1939 for Pearl Harbor,
USS Manatee (AO-58)
The USS "Manatee" (AO-58)—the second vessel of the United States Navy to bear the name—was the "Cimarron"-class fleet replenishment oiler named for a river in Florida. Cimarron class oilers were named after American Indian rivers in the southern United States.
"Manatee" was laid down 28 August 1943 by the Bethlehem Sparrows Point Shipyard, Inc. of Sparrows Point, Maryland, as a Maritime Commission type (T3-S2-A3) tanker hull with a cargo capacity of 146,000 barrels, under Maritime Commission contract