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AO-178 Monongahela

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Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons



Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Joint Meritorious Unit Commendation - Navy Unit Commendation - Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation (2)
Second Row - Navy Battle "E" Ribbon (3) - Navy Expeditionary Medal (1-Lebanon, 1-Libya) - National Defense Service Medal
Third Row - Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (1-Lebanon) - Armed Forces Service Medal - Coast Guard SOS Ribbon
Cimarron Class Fleet Oiler:
  • Laid down, 15 August 1978, at Avondale Shipyards, New Orleans, LA.
  • Launched, 4 August 1979
  • Commissioned USS Monongahela (AO-178), 5 September 1981
  • Decommissioned, 30 September 1999
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 30 September 1999
  • Title transfer to the Maritime Administration (MARAD), 30 September 1999, for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River Group, Fort Eustis, VA.
    Specifications:
    Displacement 11,645 t.(lt) 37,840 t.(fl)
    Length 708'
    Beam 88'
    Draft 32' (max.)
    Speed 20 kts.
    Complement
    15 Officers
    318 Enlisted
    Armament
    two Phalanx CIWS
    Cargo Capacity
    180,000 barrels petroleum products
    600 tons ammunition
    Propulsion
    two boilers
    one steam turbine
    single shaft, 24,000shp
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    Monongahela 78k Overhead view of Monongahela (AO 178) underway, date and place unknown.
    US Navy photo    		 Wendell Royce McLaughlin Jr.
    Monongahela 45k Monongahela (AO 178) underway, date and place unknown.
    US Navy photo    		 .
    Monongahela 37k Only fifty yards separate Monongahela (AO 178) and Enterprise (CVN 65) during a replenishment at sea in the Mediterranean, 17 February 1999.
    Photo by Jason D. Malcom PH3 USN. US Navy photo [990217-N-7216M-002]    		 All Hands Magazine
    Monongahela 3519k Monongahela (AO 178) underway, circa late-1970s -early 1980s, location unknown.
    Photo ©Atlantic Fleet Sales, Norfolk, VA. Available on line at Atlantic Fleet Sales web site    		 Robert M. Cieri
    There is no DANFS history available for Monongahela (AO-178) at NavSource
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