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USS Mississinewa (AO-144)
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Mississinewa (AO-144) being prepared for launching at New York Shipbuilding Corp., Camden, N.J. in June 1954. |
Dale Hargrave |
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Mrs. Jerauld Wright, wife of the Commander-in-Chief, U. S. Atlantic Fleet, christens Mississinewa (AO-144) during the ships'
launching, 12 June 1954, at New York Shipbuilding Corp., Camden, N.J. |
Dale Hargrave |
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Mississinewa (AO-144) being prepared for commissioning, 17 January 1955 at Philadelphia Naval Shipyard one day before actual commissioning.
Mississinewa was built at New York Shipbuilding Corp., Camden, N.J. She was the second of five Neosho class Fleet Oilers.
Philadelphia Evening Bulletin, George D. McDowell Collection |
Mike Green |
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USS Mississinewa (AO-144) under way in Narragansett Bay off Newport, R.I., in April 1955. |
Howard J Koch |
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USS Mississinewa (AO-144) refueling the battleship USS New Jersey (BB-62) and the radar picket destroyer USS Bordelon (DDR-881). This photo was taken during New Jersey´s deployment to the Mediterranean Sea from 7 September 1955 to 7 January 1956.
US Navy photo from the USS New Jersey (BB-62) 1955-56 cruise book. |
Robert Hurst |
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USS Cascade (AD-16) with
USS Charles S. Sperry (DD-697),
USS Moale (DD-693) and
USS Pompon (SSR-267) along side. Ships in the background in include left to right:
USS Randolph (CVA-15),
USS Waccamaw (AO-109),
USS Mississinewa (AO-144) and two unidentified auxiliaries, an AO and possibly an AKA. At anchor in the Mediterranean, 12 September 1956.
US Navy photo # 699217 now in the collections of the Vallejo Naval & Historical Museum. |
Darryl Baker |
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USS Mississinewa (AO-144) at anchor, date and location unknown. |
Larry Bohn |
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USS William R. Rush (DD-714) steams alongside USS Mississinewa (AO-144) during an underway replenishment at sea in the Summer of 1961. |
Photo by Robert "Cliff" Wolff ETC, USN Ret. |
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USS Mississinewa (AO-144) underway in the Mediterranean Sea after breaking away from
USS William R. Rush (DD-714) after completing a replenishment at sea in the Summer of 1961. |
Photo by Robert "Cliff" Wolff ETC, USN Ret. |
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USS Mississinewa (AO-144) refuels the amphibious assault ship
USS Okinawa (LPH-3) and the repair ship USS Vulcan (AR-5), in 1962.
About seven Sikorsky UH-34D Seahorse helicopters and two Sikorsky CH-37C Mojaves are visible on Okinawa's flight deck.
U.S. Navy photo from "All Hands" magazine December 1962, p. 15 |
Robert Hurst |
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USS Mississinewa (AO-144) under way, January 1963, location unknown.
US Navy photo. |
Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret. |
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USS Mississinewa (AO-144), Flagship 6th Fleet Service Force, underway Mediterranean Sea, date and location unknown.
US Navy photo. |
Tommy Trampp |
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USS Mississinewa (AO-144) refueling the aircraft carrier USS
Essex (CVS-9) and a Dealey-class destroyer escort, probably USS Hartley (DE-1029).
Essex, with embarked Carrier Anti-Submarine Air Group 54 (CVSG-54), was deployed to the
Mediterranean Sea from June to August 1967.
U.S. Navy photo from the USS Essex (CVS-9) 1967 cruise book |
Robert Hurst |
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USS Mississinewa (AO-144) under way in the Atlantic Ocean while refueling USS Luce (DLG 7) while enroute to NAVSTA Bermuda in February 1968. |
Ken Dupree YNCS USN Ret. |
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USS Mississinewa (AO-144) under way in the Atlantic Ocean while refueling USS Luce (DLG 7) while enroute to NAVSTA Bermuda in February 1968. |
Ken Dupree YNCS USN Ret. |
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USS Mississinewa (AO-144) outbound from Davisville, R.I. sea in 1970. |
Mike Smolinski |
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USS Mississinewa (AO-144) alongside USS Saratoga (CV-60) while conducting a refueling at sea in late 1975. Saratoga was underway off the Florida coast during an Operational Readiness Exercise. The two ships collided about 20 minutes after this photo was taken. |
Photos by Robert Royes USS Saratoga |
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USS Mississinewa (AO-144) under way, date and location unknown.
Photos courtesy Destroyer Escort Historical Museum. |
Tim Rizzuto/Ed Zajkowski |
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USS Mississinewa (AO-144) in the harbor at Valletta, Malta, date unknown.
Photos courtesy Destroyer Escort Historical Museum. |
Tim Rizzuto/Ed Zajkowski |
USNS Mississinewa (T-AO-144)
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USNS Mississinewa (T-AO-144) during Replenishment at Sea (RAS) with the Canadian destroyer HMCS Ottawa (DDH 229), mid-Atlantic between Azores and Bermuda, August 1984 |
Matias C. Höhne |
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USNS Mississinewa (T-AO-144) during Replenishment at Sea (RAS) with the German destroyers FGS Lütjens (D-185) and FGS Mölders (D-186), mid-Atlantic between Azores and Bermuda, August 1984 |
Matias C. Höhne |
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USNS Mississinewa (T-AO-144) under way, date and location unknown. |
William Zarkas, Retired MSC Boatswain
President, MSC Retiree Association |
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USNS Mississinewa (T-AO-144) and USS Forrest Sherman (DD-931) conducting an underway replenishment, circa prior to February 1972. |
Photo - Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret., Caption - Michael Lester |
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Aerial view of Unit 7 of the National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River Group, Lee Hall, VA., 28 January 1999.
From bottom to top;
unidentified,
Santa Cruz
Vulcan (AR-5),
Redstone (T-AGM-20),
2 unidentified APs,
GEN. N.M. Walter (T-AP-125),
GEN. Wm. O. Darby (IX-510),
Waccamaw (T-AO-109),
Canisteo (AO-99),
Caloosahatchee (AO-98),
Mississinewa (T-AO-144),
Pawcatuck (T-AO-108),
Truckee (T-AO-147),
Neosho (T-AO-143),
Benjamin Isherwood (T-AO-191) and
Henry Eckford (T-AO-192). These two oilers were both lay-berthed incomplete. |
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In reserve from left to right;
Ex-USS Suribachi (AE-21), ex-USNS Mississinewa (T-AO-144) and
ex-USNS Vanguard (T-AG-194) moored at the National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River, date unknown. |
Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret. |
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Ex-Mississinewa (T-AO-144) moored at ESCO, Brownsville, TX., for scrapping. She arrived during the weekend of 17-18 February 2007. |
Photo by Michael Martin, Brownsville, TX. |
