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| Campaign and Dates | Campaign and Dates |
|---|---|
| Marianas operation | Luzon operation |
| Tinian capture and occupation | Consolidation and capture of Southern Philippines |
| Western Caroline Islands operation | Manila Bay-Bicol operations |
| Leyte operations | Okinawa Gunto operation |
| Campaign and Dates | Campaign and Dates |
|---|---|
| Communist China Spring Offensive
23 to 26 and 30 to 31 May 1951 5 to 12 and 24 to 26 June 1951 4 to 8 July 1951 | Korean Defense Summer-Fall 1952
11 to 24 May 1952 4 to 14 June 1952 5 to 20 August 1952 27 August to 10 September 1952 17 to 29 September 1952 7 to 17 October 1952 |
| UN Summer-Fall Offensive
9 to 10 and 22 to 26 July 1951 | Third Korean Winter
14 to 21 February 1953 6 to 14 March 1953 28 March to 5 April 1953 21 to 30 April 1953 |
| Second Korean Winter
26 March to 11 April 1952 15 to 29 April 1952 | Korean Summer-Fall 1953
16 to 19 June 1953 27 June to 8 July 1953 |
| Campaign and Dates | Campaign and Dates |
|---|---|
| Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase II
13 to 30 July 1966 8 to 16 August 1966 21 to 29 September 1966 11 to 19 and 22 October 1966 13 to 27 November 1966 | Vietnam Summer-Fall 1969
6 to 13 and 18 to 26 September 1969 7 to 15 and 30 to 31 October 1969 |
| Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase III
6 to 13 and 18 to 28 July 1967 21 to 28 August 1967 10 to 17 September 1967 24 September to 1 October 1967 6 to 13 October 1967 1 to 11 November 1967 | Vietnam Winter-Sprint 1970
1 to 9 November 1969 24 November to 1 December 1969 5 to 12, 16 to 23 and 26 to 28 December 1969 3 to 9 and 15 to 21 January 1970 |
| Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase IV
19 to 23 and 27 to 30 June 1968 | Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase VII
27 November to 6 December 1970 28 to 31 December 1970 5 to 13 January 1971 26 January to 3 February 1971 15 to 22 February 1971 28 February to 6 March 1971 |
| Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase V
1 to 4, 9 to 16 and 21 to 29 July 1968 5 to12 and 18 to 24 August 1968 4 to 10 September 1968 21 to 27 October 1968 | Vietnam Ceasefire
9 to 18 June 1972 5 to 12 July 1972 22 July to 6 August 1972 22 to 27 August 1972 20 to 25 September 1972 1 to 11 October 1972 19 October to 8 November 1972 29 November to 9 December 1972 16 to 28 December 1972 1 January 1973 29 January to 4 February 1973 14 to 18 February 1973 |
| Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase VI
13 to 21 and 27 to 29 November 1968 | . |
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51k | Manatee (AO-58) at anchor, date and location unknown. Her camouflage is scheme 32/5AO in this photo, US Navy photo from "All Hands" magazine, July 1951 |
Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret. | |
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56k | Manatee (AO-58) at San Diego, CA, circa 1949-1950 | James C McCann EM1 USN USS Manatee 1949 to April 1950 Courtesy Patrick F McCann |
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60k | Manatee (AO-58) at San Diego, CA, circa 1949-1950 | James C McCann EM1 USN crew member December 1949 to April 1950 Courtesy Patrick F McCann |
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82k | Manatee (AO-58) refueling HMAS Warramunga in Korean waters, 27 June 1951. US Navy photo NH 96261 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center. |
Robert Hurst | |
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99k | Manatee (AO-58) pierside, Sasebo, Japan, date unknown | Rick Davis USS Manatee (AO-58) web site |
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32k | Manatee (AO-58) refueling a destroyer, circa 1956 - 1957, probably off the Philippines. | Everett M. Ellestad USNR | |
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62k | Manatee (AO-58) refueling Midway (CV-41) and Jarvis (DD-799) off Okinawa, 1960 | Bob Herrick MR2, USS Manatee 1959-61 | |
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89k | Manatee (AO-58) at anchor at San Diego, September 1960 | Lee Noland STGC USN Ret. | |
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87k | Manatee (AO-58) refueling Ticonderoga (CVA-14), 15 July 1965 US Navy photo |
Courtesy John Shriver Rick Davis USS Manatee (AO-58) web site |
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110k | Manatee (AO-58) and Bausell (DD-845) conducting an underway replenishment while in Gulf of Tonkin, July 1967. | Photo by Larry Backus USS Bausell | |
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73k | Manatee (AO-58) and Bausell (DD-845) conducting an underway replenishment while in Gulf of Tonkin, July 1967. | Photo by Larry Backus USS Bausell | |
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68k | View from Bausell (DD-845) of Manatee (AO-58) after the destroyer has broken away from the oiler following an underway replenishment while in Gulf of Tonkin, July 1967. | Photo by Larry Backus USS Bausell | |
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119k | Manatee (AO-58) at Subic Bay, P.I., 1969 | Rick Davis USS Manatee (AO-58) web site |
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58k | Manatee (AO-58) at Long Beach at the end of her final Wespac deployment, 26 March 1973 | Rick Davis USS Manatee (AO-58) web site |
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