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USS Willamette (AO-180)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Victor - Tango - Sierra NVTS

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation - Navy Battle "E" Ribbon (5)
Bottom Row - Navy Expeditionary Medal - National Defense Service Medal - Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (1-Persian Gulf, 1-Op. Restore Hope, Somalia)

Cimarron Class Fleet Oiler:

Laid down, 4 August 1980, at Avondale Shipyards, New Orleans, LA.

Launched, 18 July 1981

Commissioned USS Willamette (AO-180), 18 December 1981

Decommissioned, struck from the Naval Register, and title transferred to the Maritime Administration (MARAD) for disposal, 30 April 1999

Laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay Group, Benecia, CA.

Final Disposition, fate unknown

Specifications:
Displacement 11,645 t.(lt) 37,840 t.(fl)
Length 708'
Beam 88'
Draft 32' (max.)
Speed 20 kts.
Complement 15 Officers, 215 Enlisted
Armament two 6X20mm Phalanx CIWS;
Cargo Capacity 180,000 barrels petroleum products, 600 tons ammunition
Propulsion two 500psi boilers, one steam turbine, single shaft, 24,000shp

Size	Image Description	Contributed By
40k	*USS Willamette* (AO-180)** underway, date and location unknown. US Navy photo	.
54k	*USS Willamette* (AO-180)** underway off Oahu, HI. US Navy photo	USS Willamette (AO-180) web site
46k	*USS Willamette* (AO-180) stern view, on her underway replenishment course ready to receive USS Reeves (CG 24)** alongside for refueling in the Hawaii op areas, January 1983.	Chris Ronan
41k	*USS Willamette* (AO-180) stern view, on her underway replenishment course ready to receive USS Reeves (CG 24)** alongside for refueling in the Hawaii op areas, January 1983.	Chris Ronan
84k	*USS Willamette* (AO-180)** underway, date and location unknown. US Navy photo	Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret.
1146k	*USS Willamette* (AO-180) and the guided-missile cruiser USS Worden (CG-18)** participate in an underway replenishment (UNREP), during a midshipmen's summer training cruise in the Pacific Ocean, 1 July 1986. DVIC photo # DN-ST-87-03014 a US Navy photo by: PH2 Michael D.P. Flynn now in the collections of the Defense Visual Information Center	Robert M. Cieri
175k	*USS Willamette* (AO--80) services USS Duncan (FFG-10), during an Underway Replenishment (UNREP) at sea as USS Gray (FF 1054)** follows in trail, January 1987. DVIC photo # DNSC0506680 a US Navy photo now in the collections of the Defense Visual Information Center	Defense Visual Information Center
267k	*USS Willamette* (AO-180) and USS Duncan (FFG-10)** as they prepare for an Underway Replenishment (UNREP) at sea, January 1987. DVIC photo # DNSC0506674 a US navy photo now in the collections of the Defense Visual Information Center	Defense Visual Information Center
379k	Starboard bow view of *USS Willamette* (AO-180) coming up alongside the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72)** (not shown) near Hawaii during an underway replenishment operation, 1 June 1993. DVIC photo # DNA-ST-95-01184 by PH2 Dale W. Novocaine, a US Navy photo now in the collections of the Defense Visual Information Center.	Bill Gonyo

There is no DANFS history available for USS Willamette (AO-180) at the US Naval Historical Center web site

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S.Navy Memorial Foundation
Fleet Reserve Association

Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
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