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NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive

Contributed by Mike Smolinski

USNS Tippecanoe (T-AO-199)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Tango - India - Papa NTIP

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
Navy Unit Commendation - National Defense Service Medal - Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (3)

Henry J. Kaiser Class Fleet Oiler:

Laid down, 19 November 1990, at Avondale Shipyards, New Orleans, LA.

Launched, 16 May 1992

Delivered to the Navy and placed in service with the Military Sealift Command (MSC) as USNS Tippecanoe (T-AO-199), 8 February 1993

Tippecanoe is a unit of the MSC Naval Auxiliary Force, MSC Pacific

Specifications:
Displacement 9,500 t.(lt) 42,382 t.(fl)
Length 677'
Beam 97' 5"
Draft 35' (max.)
Cargo Capacity 178,000-bbls
Speed 20 kts.
Complement 20 Civilian Officers, 70 Civilian Mariners, 5 Navy Enlisted
Armament none
Aircraft helicopter platform only
Propulsion two medium speed Colt-Pielstick PC4-2/2 10V-570 diesel engines, twin shafts, 16,000 hp per shaft

Size	Image Description	Source
248k	*USNS Tippecanoe* (T-AO-199) transferring fuel to USS Independence (CV-62)**, in March 1996 off Taiwan during the Taiwan Crisis. US Navy photo	MSC web site
155k	*USNS Tippecanoe* (T-AO-199) (center) conducts an underway replenishment with the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer JDS Haruna (DD-141) (left) and the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63), 8 October 1998. The Kitty Hawk** and her escorts were conducting joint exercises with the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force. US Navy photo # 981008-N-0226M-005 by CPO Mahlon K. Miller, USN.	DoD
84k	*USNS Tippecanoe* (T-AO-199) transferring fuel to USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70)** during an underway replenishment off the coast of California. US Navy photo by PH3 Inez Lawson.	Federation of American Scientists web site
66k	*USNS Tippecanoe* (T-AO-199) transferring fuel to USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70)** during an underway replenishment off the coast of California. US Navy photo by PH3 Inez Lawson.	Fred Weiss
94k	*USNS Tippecanoe* (T-AO-199) during a Replenishment at Sea (RAS) with USS Jarrett (FFG-33)** off San Diego, CA., circa December 2002 - January 2003. US Navy photo.	Captain Wade Armstrong, Master, USNS Tippecanoe (T-AO 199)
71k	*USNS Tippecanoe* (T-AO 199) refuels USNS Mercy (T-AH-19) as combat stores ship USNS San Jose (T-AFS 7), far left, and the High Speed Vessel USS Swift (HSV-2), far right, operate alongside in the Indian Ocean, 3 March 2005. Mercy is serving as an enabling platform to assist humanitarian operations ashore in ways that host nations and international relief organization find useful. Mercy** is in the waters off the Indonesian coast in support of Operation Unified Assistance, the humanitarian relief effort to aid the victims of the tsunami that struck Southeast Asia. US Navy photo # 050303-N-8796S-075 by PH2 Timothy Smith, from the Navy NewsStand web site.	Jack Treutle
78k	*USNS Tippecanoe* (T-AO-199) comes alongside USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63)** during a replenishment at sea, 10 July 2006, in the Pacific Ocean. US Navy photo # 060710-N-8604l-047 by MCSN Joshua Wayne LeGrand.	Lee Wahler
94k	*USNS Tippecanoe* (T-AO-199) replenishes and resupplies USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63) and USS Lassen (DDG 82)*in the South China Sea during a replenishment at sea, 30 August 2006. US Navy photo # 060830-N-3946H-041* by MC Patrick L. Heil	Lee Wahler
136k	USS Shiloh (CG-67) (left) and USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63) (right) refueling from *USNS Tippecanoe* (T-AO-199)** (center) while USS Lassen (DDG-82) is waiting for her turn at the pump. Western Pacific, spring 2008.	Chris Stevens, HS-14 "Chargers"
118k	*USS Shiloh* (CG-67) (background) and USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63) (foreground) refueling from USNS Tippecanoe (T-AO-199) while USS Lassen (DDG-82)** is waiting for her turn at the pump. Western Pacific, spring 2008.
140k	*USS Shiloh* (CG-67) (left) and USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63) (right) refueling from USNS Tippecanoe (T-AO-199)** (center). Western Pacific, spring 2008.
457k	Sailors heave a line connecting the guided-missile destroyer *USS Lassen* (DDG-82), and USNS Tippecanoe (T-AO-199)** during a replenishment-at-sea (RAS) operation in the Pacific, 24 April 2008. US Navy photo # 080424-N-1251W-008 (April 24, 2008) by MC3 Matthew R. White.	Robert M. Cieri
546k	*USNS Tippecanoe* (T-AO-199) refuels USS Peleliu (LHA-5)** and an unidentified DDG in the Pacific Ocean, during a replenishment at sea, 21 May 2008. US Navy photo # 080521-N-5148B-003 PACIFIC OCEAN (May 21, 2008) by MCSN Sarah E. Bitter.	Robert M. Cieri
446k	*USNS Tippecanoe* (T-AO-199) and the guided-missile cruiser USS Cape St. George (CG-71) steam alongside amphibious assault ship USS Peleliu (LHA-5)*, not pictured, during an underway replenishment. The ships are deployed supporting maritime security operations in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. US Navy photo # 080923-N-2183K-038 INDIAN OCEAN (Sept. 23, 2008)* by MC2 Dustin Kelling.	Robert M. Cieri
3232k	Iraqi Sailors and Marines observe as *USNS Tippecanoe* (T-AO-199) pulls alongside the amphibious dock landing ship USS Carter Hall (LSD-50) for a replenishment at sea. Carter Hall** is deployed as part of the Iwo Jima Expeditionary Strike Group supporting maritime security operations in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. US Navy photo # 081111-N-3392P-053 PERSIAN GULF (Nov.11, 2008) by MC2 Katrina Parker.	Lee Wahler
2697k	An SH-60B Sea Hawk from Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Light (HSL-42) Detachment 1, embarked aboard the guided-missile cruiser *USS Vella Gulf* (CG-72), conducts a vertical replenishment with USNS Tippecanoe (T-AO-199) and Vella Gulf. Vella Gulf** is deployed as part of the Iwo Jima Expeditionary Strike Group supporting maritime security operations in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. US Navy photo # 081227-N-1082Z-066 INDIAN OCEAN (Dec. 27, 2008) by MC2 Jason R. Zalasky.	Douglas Brown
2244k	*USNS Tippecanoe* (T-AO-199) pulls alongside the guided-missile cruiser USS Vella Gulf (CG-72) for a replenishment at sea. Vella Gulf** is deployed as part of the Iwo Jima Expeditionary Strike Group supporting maritime security operations in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. US Navy photo # 081229-N-1082Z-003 INDIAN OCEAN (Dec. 29, 2008) by MC2 Jason R. Zalasky.	Douglas Brown and Lee Wahler
1775k	Sailors assigned to Deck Department aboard the amphibious transport dock ship *USS San Antonio* (LPD-17) watch as USNS Tippecanoe (T-AO-199) pulls alongside for an underway replenishment. San Antonio** is the flagship for Combined Task Force 151, a multinational task force conducting counter-piracy operations to detect and deter piracy in and around the Gulf of Aden, Arabian Sea, Indian Ocean and the Red Sea. US Navy photo # 090117-N-5244H-017 GULF OF ADEN (Jan.17, 2009) by MC1 Monique K. Hilley.	Robert M. Cieri