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AO-48 Neosho

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (13) - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)
Kennebec Class Fleet Oiler
  • Laid down, February 1942, for the Socony Vacuum Co. as SS Catwaba, a Maritime Commission type (T3-S2-A1) tanker hull, under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 145) at Bethlehem Steel Shipyard, Sparrows Point, MD.
  • Launched, 23 December 1941
  • Renamed Neosho 18 July 1942
  • Acquired by the Navy, 4 August 1942
  • Converted Naval service at Bethlehem Steel Co., Union Works, San Francisco, CA.
  • Commissioned USS Neosho (AO-48), 16 September 1942, Cdr. Frank L. Worden in command
  • Decommissioned, 13 December 1945
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 3 January 1946
  • Returned to the Maritime Commission, 30 June 1946, for disposal
  • Sold by the Maritime Commission, in 1947, renamed SS Tascalusa returned to the Socony Vacuum Oil Co.
  • Sold, in 1963 renamed SS Ascalusa
  • Final Disposition, scrapped at Hamburg, Germany, February, 1964
  • Neosho received 13 battle stars for her World War II service
    Specifications:
    Displacement 5,580 t.(lt) 21,077 t.(fl)
    Length 501' 5"
    Beam 68'
    Draft 30' 2"
    Speed 16.5 kts.
    Complement 214
    Armament one single 5"/38 dual purpose gun mount, four single 3"/50 dual purpose gun mounts, four twin 40mm AA gun mounts, four twin 20mm AA gun mounts
    Cargo Capacity 134,000 barrels
    Propulsion geared turbine, single screw, 12,000shp
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    Neosho 48k Neosho (AO-48) underway, date and place unknown. Hyperwar US Navy in WWII
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    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center web site.
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
    Fleet Reserve Association
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