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NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive

Contributed by Mike Smolinski

USNS Mississinewa (T-AO-144)
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USS Mississinewa (AO-144) (1955 - 1976)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Bravo - Sierra - Zulu NBSZ

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Joint Meritorious Unit Award
Second Row - Navy Battle "E" Ribbon - Navy Expeditionary Medal (2 Iran/Indian Ocean) - National Defense Service Medal
Third Row - Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (4-Lebanon, 1 July 58 to 1 November 58) - Coast Guard Meritorious Unit Commendation - Coast Guard Special Operations Service Ribbon

Neosho Class Fleet Oiler:

Laid down, 4 May 1953, at New York Shipbuilding Corp., Camden, N.J.

Launched, 12 June 1954

Commissioned USS Mississinewa (AO-144), 18 January 1955, CAPT. M. J. Jensen in command

Decommissioned, 15 November 1976 and placed in service with MSC as USNS Mississinewa (T-AO-144)

Placed out of service, circa 1991-1994

Struck from the Naval Register, 16 February 1994

Title transfer to MARAD, 1 May 1999, for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River, Fort Eustis, VA.

Final Disposition, departed National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River Group under disposal contract 30 January 2007, for scrapping at International Shipbreaking LTD. (ESCO), Brownsville, TX.

Specifications:
Displacement 11,600 t.(lt), 38,000 t.(fl)
Length 655'
Beam 86'
Draft 35'
Speed 20 kts.
Cargo Capacity 180,000 bbls
Complement

(USS) 324

(USNS) 106 civilian mariners, 21 navy
Armament

two single 5"/38 dual purpose gun mounts

six twin 3"/50 dual purpose gun mounts
Propulsion two geared turbines, two boilers, two shafts, 28,000 shaft horsepower

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By
USS Mississinewa (AO-144)
	59k	*USS Mississinewa* (AO-144)** underway in Narragansett Bay off Newport, R.I., in April 1955.	Howard J Koch
	105k	*USS Mississinewa* (AO-144)** at anchor, date and location unknown.	Larry Bohn
	37k	*USS Mississinewa* (AO-144)** underway, January 1963, location unknown. US Navy photo.	Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
	149k	*USS Mississinewa* (AO-144) underway in the Atlantic Ocean while refueling USS Luce (DLG 7)** while enroute to NAVSTA Bermuda in February 1968.	Ken Dupree YNCS USN Ret.
	138k	*USS Mississinewa* (AO-144) underway in the Atlantic Ocean while refueling USS Luce (DLG 7)** while enroute to NAVSTA Bermuda in February 1968.	Ken Dupree YNCS USN Ret.
USNS Mississinewa (T-AO-144)
	54k	*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
	60k	*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
	41k	*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
	110k	*USNS Mississinewa* (T-AO-144)** underway, date and location unknown.	William Zarkas, Retired MSC Boatswain President, MSC Retiree Association
	168k	*USNS Mississinewa* (T-AO-144)** during underway replenishment of an unidentified destroyer, date and location unknown.	Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret.
	126k	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.