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AO-99 Canisteo

Flag Hoist/International Radio Call Sign:
November - Juliet - Victor - Juliet Voice Call Sign "Gaiety X-ray"

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Navy Battle "E" Ribbon - American Campaign Medal - Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal
Second Row - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Europe clasp) - National Defense Service Medal (2)
Third Row - Antarctic Service Medal - Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (1-Cuba, 1-Dominican Republic) - Coast Guard Meritorious Unit Commendation (2)

Cimmeron Class Fleet Oiler / Jumboized:

Laid down, 11 November 1945, as a Maritime Commission type (T3-S2-A3) tanker hull, under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 2561) at Bethlehem Steel Shipyard, Sparrows Point, MD.

Launched, 6 July 1945

Commissioned USS Canisteo (AO-99), 3 December 1945, LCDR. E. L. Denton, USNR, in command

Decommissioned, 2 October 1989

Struck from the Naval Register, 31 August 1992

Transferred to the Maritime Administration for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River, Fort Eustis, VA.

Final Disposition, sold for scrapping to Able UK, Hartlepool, Teeside, England, and removed from the Reserve Fleet, October 2003 under tow to the United Kingdom

Specifications:
Displacement 7,236 t.(lt) 25,440 t.(fl)
Length 553'
Beam 75'
Draft 32'
Speed 18 kts.
Complement 22 officers, 362 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 146,000 barrels
Propulsion steam turbines, four boilers, two shafts, 13,500 shaft horsepower , twin screws, 30,400hp
Jumboized Specifications:
Displacement 10,847 t.(lt) 34,750 t.(fl)
Length 644"
Draft 34' 9"

Size	Image Description	Contributed By
77k	Canisteo (AO-99) underway with Mount Olympus (AGC-8) approaching for refueling at sea during the US Navy Antarctic Expedition, in 1946, "Operation Highjump." US Navy photo from "All Hands" magazine, issue dated February 1947	David Merrill USS Canisteo (AO-99) Web Site
92k	Canisteo (AO-99) underway, circa 1955 US Navy photo	David Merrill USS Canisteo (AO-99) Web Site
69k	Canisteo (AO-99) underway, circa 1960s US Navy photo	David Merrill USS Canisteo (AO-99) Web Site
52k	Canisteo (AO-99) refueling Newport News (CA-148) during NATO exercise Riptide in July 1961. US Naval Institute Proceedings photo	George Klos USS Newport News 1960-62 2nd Div.
52k	Canisteo (AO-99) underway, circa 1963 US Navy photo	David Merrill USS Canisteo (AO-99) Web Site
58k	Canisteo (AO-99) at Norfolk, July 1964	©Richard Leonhardt
79k	Canisteo (AO-99) underway, circa 1970 US Navy photo	David Merrill USS Canisteo (AO-99) Web Site
73k	Canisteo (AO-99) underway, in the mediterranean Sea, May 1976	©Richard Leonhardt
73k	Canisteo (AO-99) commemorative pin from the mid-1980s	Matias Höhne
45k	"The Hartlepool Four" left to right; ex-Caloosahatchee (AO-98) ex-Canisteo (AO-99), ex-Canopus (AS-34), and ex-Compass Island (E-AG-153) awaiting the beginning of the end at Able UK, Hartlepool, Teeside, England, 4 March 2006. Scrapping is on hold due to environmental concerns.	Photo by David Nixon

View the Canisteo (AO-99)
DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center

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

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