Fleet Oiler USS Parkersburg (AO-163) was laid down 30 December 1943 as the SS Fort Cornwallis MC hull 1731, a Maritime Commission type (T2-SE-A1) by Sun Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. of Chester, Pennsylvania, and launched 12 April 1944; sponsored by Mrs. Anne L. Curry; and acquired by the War Shipping Administration.

Under War Shipping Administration the Fort Cornwallis was operated by Speneer Kellogg J: Sons, Ine.

[check quotation syntax] She was trade in and transferred to United States Maritime Administrationon 5 October 1955 and renamed Parkersburg.

This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.

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