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AO-55 Elokomin

Flag Hoist/International Radio Call Sign:
November - Zulu - Juliet - Foxtrot
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Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Navy Expeditionary Medal (2-Cuba) - American Campaign Medal - Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - World War II Victory Medal - National Defense Service Medal - Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (1-Cuba)
Cimmeron Class Fleet Oiler:
  • Laid down, 9 March 1943, as a Maritime Commission type (T3-S2-A1) tanker hull, under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 721) at Bethlehem Steel Shipyard, Sparrows Point, MD.
  • Launched, 19 October 1943
  • Acquired by the US Navy from the Maritime Commission, 30 November 1943 and commissioned USS Elokomin (AO-55), CDR. J. A. Ivaldi, USNR, in command
  • Decommissioned, circa 1970
  • Transferred to the Maritime Administration, 2 November 1970, at Philadelphia, PA.
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 2 November 1970, to Mr. Isaac Varela, Desguaces Varela, Grao, Castellon del la Plana, Spain
    Specifications:
    Displacement 7,236 t.(lt) 25,440 t.(fl)
    Length 553'
    Beam 75'
    Draft 32'
    Speed 18 kts.
    Complement 314
    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 146,000 barrels
    Propulsion geared turbines, twin screws, 30,400hp
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    Elokomin 78k Elokomin (AO-55) refueling Power (DD-839)
    Mediterranean Sea, 7 August 1967    		 © Richard Leonhardt
    Elokomin 120k Elokomin (AO-55), date and location unknown. © Richard Leonhardt
    Elokomin 90k Elokomin (AO-55), date and location unknown. © Richard Leonhardt
    Elokomin 67k Elokomin (AO-55), date and location unknown. Hyperwar US Navy in WWII
    Elokomin 17k Photo taken from Davis (DD 937), after refueling from Elokomin (AO-55) off San Juan, Puerto Rico, 1968 Photo by Jim Hocking, BM3 USS Davis (DD 937), 1968-69
    Elokomin 23k Elokomin (AO-55) in dry dock, date and location unknown.
    US Navy photo    		 Edward H. Cleary
    Elokomin 40k Elokomin (AO-55) refueling Steinaker (DD-863), date and location unknown.
    US Navy photo    		 Edward H. Cleary
    Elokomin 31k Elokomin (AO-55) date and location unknown.
    US Navy photo    		 Edward H. Cleary
    Elokomin 96k Elokomin (AO-55) underway in the Mediterranean Sea, circa mid-1960s. Barry Smith
    Elokomin 107k Elokomin (AO-55) underway, circa 1964, location unknown.
    US Navy photo from "All Hand" magazine, May 1964.    		 Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
    Elokomin 136k A Little Rock (CLG-4) crew member snaps a photo of Elokomin (AO-55) as the two ships sail side by side during underway refuelling in the Mediterranean Sea, 1 November 1969.
    US Navy photo # K--79305 by D.G. Keske, from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center.    		 Robert Hurst
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    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
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    Fleet Reserve Association
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