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AO-69 Enoree

Flag Hoist/International Radio Call Sign:
November - Zulu - Kilo - Charlie

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal
Second Row - Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal (1)- Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (5) - World War II Victory Medal
Third Row - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia and Europe clasps) - National Defense Service Medal - Philippines Presidential Unit Citation

Chiwawa Class Fleet Oiler:

Laid down, as Sachem, a Maritime Commission type (T3-S-A1) tanker hull, under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 517) at Bethlehem Steel Shipbuilding, Sparrows Point, MD.

Launched (date unknown)

Acquired by the Navy from the Maritime Commission, and commissioned USS Enoree (AO-69), 23 January 1943, CDR. W. S. Campbell in command

Decommissioned, 27 March 1947

Laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet

Recommissioned, 18 October 1950, CDR. Samuel H. Pattie, in command

Assigned to the Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS), 30 March 1951

Decommissioned, 10 December 1954

Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, San Diego Group

Recommissioned, 10 December 1956

Decommissioned, 22 October 1957

Struck from the Naval Register, 1 February 1959

Transferred to the Maritime Commission for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Beaumont, TX.

Final Disposition, sold for scrapping to Luria Brother and Co., Cleveland, OH., Scrapped at Brownsville, TX.

Enoree received six battle stars for World War II service.

Specifications:
Displacement 5,650 t.(lt) 21,077 t.(fl)
Length 502' 6"
Beam 68'
Draft 31'
Speed 17 kts.
Complement 13 officers 200 enlisted
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. 12,000hp

Size	Image Description	Source
96k	Enoree (AO-69) underway from Norfolk, VA. to North Africa with a deck load of PT boats, 23 March 1943.	Gordon D. "Doug" French QM3 USS Enoree 1950 to 1953
32k	Enoree (AO-69) anchored at Saipan in 1945. Note, All booms on starboard side rigged for refueling. The only known photo of her loaded to the gills and wearing her "War Paint." (Camouflage Scheme Measure 32 Design 5AO.)	Gordon D. "Doug" French QM3 USS Enoree 1950 to 1953
16k	Enoree (AO-69) underway, date and place unknown. Note the large crane mounted on her main deck. The crane was used for loading landing craft onto repair ships and/or ships for transporting back to the states after the war.	Gordon D. "Doug" French QM3 USS Enoree 1950 to 1953
53k	Enoree (AO-69) underway, date and location unknown. Note the large crane mounted on her main deck and that she is flying her World War II call letters Nan, Zebra, King, Charley.	Gordon D. "Doug" French QM3 USS Enoree 1950 to 1953
67k	Enoree (AO-69) at Okinawa, hoisting an LCT on the deck of an LST for return to the US in 1946	Gordon D. "Doug" French QM3 USS Enoree 1950 to 1953
52k	Enoree (AO-69) at anchor, date and location unknown.	Gordon D. "Doug" French QM3 USS Enoree 1950 to 1953
65k	Enoree (T-AO-69) entering San Diego harbor, mid-1952	Gordon D. "Doug" French QM3 USS Enoree 1950 to 1953

View the Enoree (AO-69)
DANFS history entry located on the Haze Gray & Underway Web Site.

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S.Navy Memorial Foundation
Fleet Reserve Association

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