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T-AO-199 Tippecanoe

Flag Hoist/Radio Call Sign: November - Tango - India - Papa
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
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    Tippecanoe 248k Tippecanoe (T-AO-199) transferring fuel to Independence (CV-62), in March 1996 off Taiwan during the Taiwan Crisis.
    US Navy photo    		 MSC web site
    Tippecanoe 155k Tippecanoe (T-AO-199) (center) conducts an underway replenishment with the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer Haruna (DD-141) (left) and the aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk (CV-63), 8 October 1998. The Kitty Hawk and her escorts were conducting joint exercises with the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force. DoD photo by Chief Petty Officer Mahlon K. Miller, U.S. Navy (# 981008-N-0226M-005). DoD
    Tippecanoe 84k Tippecanoe (T-AO-199) transferring fuel to 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
    Tippecanoe 66k Tippecanoe (T-AO-199) transferring fuel to Carl Vinson (CVN-70) during an underway replenishment off the coast of California.
    US Navy photo by PH3 Inez Lawson.    		 Fred Weiss
    Tippecanoe 94k Tippecanoe (T-AO-199) during a Replenishment at Sea (RAS) with Jarrett (FFG-33) off San Diego, CA., circa December 2002 - January 2003.
    US Navy photo.    		 Captain Wade Armstrong, Master, USNS Tippecanoe (T-AO 199)
    Mercy 71k Tippecanoe (T-AO 199) refuels Mercy (T-AH-19) as combat stores ship San Jose (T-AFS 7), far left, and the High Speed Vessel 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
    Tippecanoe 78k Tippecanoe (T-AO-199) comes along side Kitty Hawk (CV-63) during a replenishment at sea, 10 July 2006, in the Pacific Ocean.
    US Navy photo # 060710-N-8604l-047 by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Joshua Wayne LeGrand.    		 Lee Wahler
    Tippecanoe 94k Tippecanoe (T-AO-199) replenishes and resupplies Kitty Hawk (CV-63) and 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
    There is no DANFS History currently available for Tippecanoe (T-AO-199) at the Haze Gray & Underway Web Site, the main archive for the DANFS Online Project.
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S.Navy Memorial Foundation
    Fleet Reserve Association
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    US Navy Fact File - Underway Replenishment Oilers - T-AO
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    Last Updated 20 October 2006