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USNS Mispillion (T-AO-105)
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USS Mispillion (AO-105) (1945 - 1975)

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Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation (4) - China Service Medal (extended) - American Campaign Medal
Second Row - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - National Defense Service Medal (2)
Third Row - Korean Service Medal (8) - Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (1-Taiwan Straits, 6-Quemoy-Matsu, 1-Vietnam, 4-Korea) - Vietnam Service Medal (10)
Fourth Row - United Nations Service Medal - Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal - Republic of Korea War Service Medal (retroactive)

Cimmeron Class Fleet Oiler:

Laid down, 14 February 1945, as a Maritime Commission type (T3-S2-A3) tanker hull, under Maritime Commission contract, (MC hull 2701), at Sun Shipbuilding and Drydock, Chester, PA.

Launched, 10 August 1945

Commissioned USS Mispillion (AO-105), 29 December 1945, CDR. R. E. Wingler in command

During the Korean War USS Mispillion participated in the following campaigns:

**Korean War Campaigns**
Campaign and Dates	Campaign and Dates
North Korean Aggression 30 September to 26 October 1950	Second Korean Winter 30 November to 10 December 1951 13 to 21 December 1951 29 December 1951 to 8 January 1952 16 to 29 January 1952 6 to 14 February 1952 9 to 24 April 1952
Communist China Aggression 4 November 1950 to 24 January 1951	Korean Defense Summer-Fall 1952 5 to 19 May 1952 29 May to 12 June 1952 17 June to 2 July 1952 5 to 12 July 1952 23 July to 7 August 1952
First UN Counter Offensive 25 January to 18 February 1951	Third Korean Winter 10 to 27 December 1952 7 to 18 January 1953 6 to 13 February 1953 22 February 2 March 1953
Communist China Spring Offensive 27 April to 9 May 1951 6 to 21 and 29 to 31 May 1951	Korea Summer-Fall 1953 2 to 11 and 21 to 30 May 1953

Placed in commission in reserve for "Jumboization", 16 April 1965, at Toledo, OH., completed at Boston, MA., and placed in full commission, 6 September 1966

During the Vietnam War USS Mispillion participated in the following campaigns:

**Vietnam War Campaigns**
Campaign and Dates	Campaign and Dates
Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase II 30 April to 10 May 1967 19 to 30 May 1967	Vietnam Summer-Fall 1969 9 to 16 and 22 to 31 October 1969
Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase III 5 to 18 June 1967 29 June to 13 July 1967 19 July to 2 August 1967 17 to 28 August 1967 2 to 4 and 11 to 24 September 1967 8 to 20 October 1967 24 October to 5 November 1967	Vietnam Winter-Spring 1970 1 November 1969 15 November to 6 December 1969 18 to 25 December 1969 1 to 13 January 1970 24 January to 15 February 1970
Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase IV 6 to 16 and 21 to 30 June 1968	Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase VII 12 to 25 November 1970 1 to 4 and 16 to 29 December 1970 27 to 29 January 1971 2 to 9, 13 to 18 and 24 t o26 February 1971 3 to 11, 15 to 21 and 27 to 30-MAR 1971 4 to 9 April 1971
Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase V 1 to 20 and 27 to 31 July 1968 7 to 23 August 1968 26 August to 3 September 1968 15 to 20 September 1968 19 to 31 October 1968	Consolidation II 18 to 24 March 1972
Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase VI 5 to 17 November 1968	Vietnam Ceasefire 4 to 14 and 19 to 24 April 1972 1 to 5, 10 to 14 and 23 to 27 May 1972 5 to 10 and 17 to 23 June 1972 17 to 21 July 1972 27 July to 2 August 1972 12 to 22 August 1972 30 August to 18 September 1972 24 September to 5 October 1972 12 October to 2 November 1972

Decommissioned, 26 July 1974

Placed in service with the Military Sealift Command (MSC) as USNS Mispillion (T-AO-105) in 1975

Placed out of service circa 1994

Struck from the Naval Register, 15 February 1995

Title transferred to MARAD for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay, Benecia, CA.

Final Disposition, fate unknown

USS Mispillion earned eight battle stars for Korean War service and ten campaign stars for Vietnam War service

Cimmeron 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
"Jumboization" Specifications:
Displacement 12,840 t.(lt) 33,987 t.(fl)
Length 644"
Draft 34' 9"

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By
USS Mispillion (AO-105)
	84k	*USS Mispillion* (AO-105)** in San Francisco Bay, in "pre-jumboization" configuration, date unknown. US Navy photo from DANFS.	Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
	86k	*USS Mispillion* (AO-105)** crew photo, circa 1954.	Anonymous Donor
	100k	Bow quarter view of *USS Mispillion* (AO-105)** underway in Boston harbor in July 1966, at the completion her Jumboization conversion. Although the insertion of the nearly 100-foot-long additional hull section was performed by a private shipyard, Boston Naval Shipyard completed the conversion. Boston Naval Shipyard photo ASF #5129, Boston National Historical Park, Collection, NPS Cat. No. BOSTS-13609..	Stephen P. Carlson, Preservation Specialist, Boston NHP, Charlestown Navy Yard, Boston, MA.
	100k	*USS Mispillion* (AO-105)** underway off San Diego, CA., date unknown.	Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret.
	245k	*USS Mispillion* (AO-105) refueling USS Schenectady (LST-1185)**, circa 1973.	Derick Hartshorn
	159k	*USS Mispillion* (AO-105) conducting an underway replenishment with USS Anchorage (LSD-36)**, circa 1973.	Derick Hartshorn, courtesy Del Loewe
	135k	*USS Mispillion* (AO-105) conducting an underway replenishment with USS Anchorage (LSD-36), with USS White Plains (AFS-4)** in the distance, circa 1973.	Derick Hartshorn, courtesy Del Loewe
USNS Mispillion (T-AO-105)
	189k	*USNS Mispillion* (T-AO-105)**, in "post-jumboization" configuration, date and location unknown.	William Zarkas, Retired MSC Boatswain President, MSC Retiree Association
	644k	*USNS Mispillion* (T-AO-105)** underway, date and location unknown.	David Buell
	1377k	*USNS Mispillion* (T-AO-105) underway while replenishing USS Constellation (CVA-64), and USS Somers (DDG-34)**, circa 1981-82.	Photo by Paul Jarvis USS Constellation