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AO-179 Merrimack

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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 Meritorious Unit Commendation (2) - Navy Battle "E" Ribbon (2)
Second Row - National Defense Service Medal - Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (3-Lebanon) - Southwest Asia Service Medal (2)
Third Row - Armed Forces Service Medal - Coast Guard Meritorious Unit Commendation - Coast Guard SOS Ribbon
Cimarron Class Fleet Oiler:
  • Laid down, 16 July 1979, at Avondale Shipyards, New Orleans, LA.
  • Launched, 17 May 1980
  • Commissioned USS Merrimack (AO-179), 14 November 1981
  • Decommissioned, 18 December 1998
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 18 December 1998
  • Title transfer to the Maritime Administration (MARAD), 18 December 1998 for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay Group, Benecia, CA.
    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 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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    Merrimack 4469k Merrimack (AO-179) underway, circa 1997, location unknown.
    Photo ©Atlantic Fleet Sales, Norfolk, VA. Available on line at Atlantic Fleet Sales web site    		 Robert M. Cieri
    Pharris 158k Merrimack (AO-179) refueling Pharris (FF-1094), 1 October 1985, during NATO Exercise "BALTOPS '85".
    US Navy photo, DNST8604965 by PH1 Jeff Hilton    		 Defense Visual Information Center
    Merrimack 101k Merrimack (AO-179) underway, date and location unknown.
    US Navy photo    		 .
    Stout 92k Merrimack (AO-179) and Stout (DDG-55) during an UNREP viewed from George Washington (CVN-73) in the Atlantic, November 1995. Wendell R McLaughlin Jr
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