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AO-147 Truckee

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Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Joint Meritorious Unit Award - Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation - Navy Battle "E" Ribbon
Second Row - Navy Expeditionary Medal (9 Lebanon & 1 Cuba) - National Defense Service Medal - Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (Cuba & Lebanon)
Third Row - Southwest Asia Service Medal - Coast Guard Special Operations Ribbon - Kuwait Liberation Medal (Kuwait)
Neosho Class Fleet Oiler:
  • Laid down, 21 December 1953, at New York Shipbuilding Corp., Camden, N.J.
  • Launched, 10 March 1955
  • Commissioned USS Truckee (AO-147), 6 July 1955, Capt. Joseph W. Leverton in command
  • Decommissioned, 30 January 1980 and placed in service with MSC as USNS Truckee (T-AO-147)
  • Placed out of service in 1994
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 18 July 1997
  • Title transfer to MARAD, 1 May 1999, for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River, Fort Eustis, VA.
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    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
    one single 5"/38 dual purpose gun mount
    four twin 3"/50 gun mounts
    Propulsion two geared turbines, two boilers, two shafts, 28,000 shaft horsepower
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    Truckee 42k Truckee (AO-147) at sea in 1956. Ken Kauffman
    Truckee 71k Truckee (AO-147) conducting an underway replenishment with Lake Champlain (CVS-39), circa 17 September to 4 October 1958. .
    Truckee 78k Truckee (AO-147) pulls away from Lake Champlain (CVS-39) after completing an underway replenishment, circa 17 September to 4 October 1958. .
    Truckee 88k Truckee (AO-147), at Norfolk, VA, July 1964 © Richard Leonhardt
    Truckee 83k Truckee (AO-147) underway, date and place unknown.
    US Navy photo from "All Hands" magazine, October 1964.    		 Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
    Truckee 137k Truckee (AO-147) entering/leaving port, date and place unknown.
    US Navy photo from "All Hands" magazine, February 1965.    		 Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
    Truckee 97k Truckee (AO-147) underway, date and place unknown.
    DOD photo # [DNST9100385]    		 Defense News Service
    Truckee 78k Truckee (AO-147) underway, date and place unknown.
    DOD photo # [DNST9100544]    		 Defense News Service
    Truckee 80k Truckee (T-AO-147) pier side at NOB Norfolk, VA, 1989. Photo shows damage to hull and bridge wing from collision with Yellowstone (AD-41). Edward H. Cleary
    Truckee 172k Truckee (T-AO-147) and the aircraft carrier John F. Kennedy (CV-67) conducting an underway replenishment at sea, date and location unknown. Robert M. Cieri
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    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S.Navy Memorial Foundation
    Fleet Reserve Association
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    USS Truckee AO (T-AO) 147 Crew Networking Site
    USS Truckee AO-147 (Yahoo Group)
    USS Truckee Reunion Association
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