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AO-95 Caney

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 (2) - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)
Escambia Class Fleet Oiler:
  • Laid down, as a Maritime Commission type (T2-SE-A2) tanker hull under a Maritime Commission contract at Marinship, Sausalito, CA.
  • Launched, 8 October 1944
  • Acquired by the Navy and commissioned USS Caney (AO-95), 25 March 1945
  • Decommissioned, 27 February 1946, at Beaumont, TX.
  • Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown)
  • Transferred to the Maritime Commission (date unknown), for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Beaumont, TX.
  • Reinstated in the Naval Register in 1948
  • Assigned to the Navy Transportation Service (NTS) and placed in service as Caney (AO-95)
  • Transferred to the Military Sea Transportation Service MSTS, 18 July 1950, and placed in service as USNS Caney (T-AO-95)
  • Placed out of service (date unknown)
  • Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown)
  • Transferred to MARAD for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Mobile, AL. (date unknown)
  • Acquired by the US Army in 1966 and converted to a floating power station for Vietnam service at Bender Shipbuilding and Repair Co., Mobile, AL.
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
  • Caney received two battle stars for World War II service
    Specifications:
    Displacement 5,782 t.(lt) 21,880 t.(fl)
    Length 523' 6"
    Beam 68'
    Draft 30' 10"
    Speed 15 kts.
    Complement 267
    Armament one 5"/38 dual purpose gun mount, four 3"/50 guns, four twin 40mm gun mounts, four twin 20mm gun mounts
    Cargo Capacity 140,000 barrels
    Propulsion turbo-electric, single screw, 8,000shp
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