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Ported to OBJ from the model included with the game Silent Hunter 5 by Ubisoft. Preview picture posed in XNALara XPS. NO MODEL DOWNLOAD.

Cimarron (AO-22) was one of the largest and most modern underway replenishment oilers when she entered service with the United States Navy (USN) in 1939, right at the start of World War II. She was built to the MARCOM/MARAD T3-S2-A1 specification, which was a variant on the standard Type T3 tanker revised to meet USN specifications for its oilers (*). These were developed in conjunction with Standard Oil in order to produce the largest tankers and oilers possible at the time that could hit and hold a top speed of 18 knots, which was necessary for outrunning most modern submarines of that time. Twelve were originally built, with the first three fitted as oilers and going directly into USN service (Cimarron, Neosho, Platte) with the other eight built as standard tankers and split between Standard Oil and Keystone Tankers. Eighteen more Cimarrons were authorized for construction for use by the USN during World War II, with five more later on that built to a somewhat improved design which became the Mispillion class (see separate entry). Four Cimarrons were converted into escort carriers during construction. Two were lost during the war but the rest that were built survived and proved their worth time and again in supporting USN fleet actions and amphibious assault campaigns across the width of the Pacific. With their generous capacity of 180,000 barrels of fuel, they were more than capable of feeding even the largest and fuel-hungriest USN warships. All were retained after World War II was over and would serve through the first half of the Cold War before following the usual route of being decommissioned, placed in reserve for a time, and then sold for scrapping from the late 1960s through the 1980s. A few of the younger members of the class would see service all the way to the end of the Cold War before they too were disposed of. The last surviving Cimarron class oiler, USS Taluga (AO-62), was sent to the breakers in 2010. To find out more about the World War II era Cimarron class replenishment oilers of the United States Navy, follow the link below:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cimarron…

This is a straight port with no changes by me.

While I am not making my OBJ port of this model available for public download, the Pack 3D website has posted other's rips of this same model and you can download it at either link below on your own:

p3dm.ru/files/boat/vessel/4396…

p3dm.ru/files/boat/marine_mili…

For non-profit, non-commercial use only

(*) Although the terms tend to be used interchangeably especially in modern times, by strict definition a tanker ship only carries fuel while an oiler is a tanker equipped with the necessary gear (either static or underway) to refuel other ships from the fuel in its storage tanks.

Description

Ported to OBJ from the model included with the game Silent Hunter 5 by Ubisoft. Preview picture posed in XNALara XPS. NO MODEL DOWNLOAD.

Cimarron (AO-22) was one of the largest and most modern underway replenishment oilers when she entered service with the United States Navy (USN) in 1939, right at the start of World War II. She was built to the MARCOM/MARAD T3-S2-A1 specification, which was a variant on the standard Type T3 tanker revised to meet USN specifications for its oilers (*). These were developed in conjunction with Standard Oil in order to produce the largest tankers and oilers possible at the time that could hit and hold a top speed of 18 knots, which was necessary for outrunning most modern submarines of that time. Twelve were originally built, with the first three fitted as oilers and going directly into USN service (Cimarron, Neosho, Platte) with the other eight built as standard tankers and split between Standard Oil and Keystone Tankers. Eighteen more Cimarrons were authorized for construction for use by the USN during World War II, with five more later on that built to a somewhat improved design which became the Mispillion class (see separate entry). Four Cimarrons were converted into escort carriers during construction. Two were lost during the war but the rest that were built survived and proved their worth time and again in supporting USN fleet actions and amphibious assault campaigns across the width of the Pacific. With their generous capacity of 180,000 barrels of fuel, they were more than capable of feeding even the largest and fuel-hungriest USN warships. All were retained after World War II was over and would serve through the first half of the Cold War before following the usual route of being decommissioned, placed in reserve for a time, and then sold for scrapping from the late 1960s through the 1980s. A few of the younger members of the class would see service all the way to the end of the Cold War before they too were disposed of. The last surviving Cimarron class oiler, USS Taluga (AO-62), was sent to the breakers in 2010. To find out more about the World War II era Cimarron class replenishment oilers of the United States Navy, follow the link below:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cimarron…

This is a straight port with no changes by me.

While I am not making my OBJ port of this model available for public download, the Pack 3D website has posted other's rips of this same model and you can download it at either link below on your own:

p3dm.ru/files/boat/vessel/4396…

p3dm.ru/files/boat/marine_mili…

For non-profit, non-commercial use only

(*) Although the terms tend to be used interchangeably especially in modern times, by strict definition a tanker ship only carries fuel while an oiler is a tanker equipped with the necessary gear (either static or underway) to refuel other ships from the fuel in its storage tanks.