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Patches contributed by Mike Smolinski

Contributed by Al Grazevich

USS Caloosahatchee (AO-98)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Kilo - Juliet - Uniform
NKJU
JANAP Tactical Voice Radio Call Sign - Imperial (L)ima - Section 6A of JANAP 119(F) 1968

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

SecNav Letter of Commendation
Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Navy Unit Commendation - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - World War II Victory Medal - National Defense Service Medal (2) - Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal Cuba, Dominican Republic, Grenada)

Cimarron Class Fleet Oiler / Jumboized:

Laid down, 30 November 1944, as a Maritime Commission type (T3-S2-A3) tanker hull, under Maritime Commission contract, (MC hull 2560), at Bethlehem Steel Shipyard, Sparrows Point, MD.

Launched, 2 June 1945

Commissioned USS Caloosahatchee (AO-98), 10 October 1945, CDR. H. R. Livingston, USNR, in command

Decommissioned, 28 February 1990

Struck from the Naval Register, 18 July 1994

Transferred to the Maritime Administration, 18 December 1998, for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River, Fort Eustis, VA.

Final Disposition, sold for scrapping to Able UK, Hartlepool, Teeside, England, and removed from the Reserve Fleet, October 2003 under tow to the United Kingdom

Specifications:
Displacement 7,236 t.(lt) 25,440 t.(fl)
Length 553'
Beam 75'
Draft 32'
Speed 18 kts.

Complement

Officers 22

Enlisted 362

Largest Boom Capacity 10t.

Armament

one single 5"/38 dual purpose gun mount

four single 3"/50 dual purpose gun mounts

four twin 40mm AA gun mounts

four twin 20mm AA gun mounts

Cargo Capacity

NSFO 123,700 Bbls

Gasoline 788,000 Gals

Fuel Capacity 15,000 Bbls

Propulsion

two Bethlehem geared turbines

four Foster and Wheeler K-type boilers, 450psi 750°

double Falk Main Reduction Gears
Ship's Service Generators
two turbo-drive 400Kw 230V A.C.
one Diesel-drive 150Kw 230V A.C.

twin propellers, 13,500shp

Jumboized Specifications:

Displacement 10,847 t.(lt) 34,750 t.(fl)

Length 644"

Draft 34' 9"

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By
	114k	*USS Caloosahatchee* (AO-98)** underway with the assistance of a Curtis Bay Towing tug, probably at her delivery at Sparrow's Point, MD., circa October 1945 US Navy photo.	Robert Hurst
091909845	109k	*USS Caloosahatchee* (AO-98)** underway, probably in Cheasepeake Bay during acceptance trials of soon after commissioning in October 1945 and a handwritten list of officers at commissioning.	David Wright
091909846	207k		David Wright
	39k	*USS Caloosahatchee* (AO-98)** under way, in 1947, location unknown. Photo courtesy Mike Cotting collection.	Robert Hurst
	1137k	*USS Caloosahatchee* (AO-98), USS Leyte (CV-32), and USS Samuel B. Roberts (DD-823)** conducting an underway replenishment during "Operation Frigid," 20 November 1948. US Navy photo.	Robert M. Cieri
	375k	*USS Caloosahatchee* (AO-98)** on her first tour of duty with the 6th Fleet in the Mediterranean in the late 1940's, refueling a Benson class destroyer. US Navy photo.	Pieter B.Bakels
	94k	*USS Caloosahatchee* (AO-98) riding high after refueling ships of the Sixth Fleet. Nested alongside are USS Spikefish (SS-404) and USS Piper (SS-409)**. US Navy photo from "All Hands" magazine, October 1955	Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
	103k	*USS Caloosahatchee* (AP-98) refuels USS Lake Champlain (CVA-39) and a destroyer while a Piasecki HUP-2 "Retriever" Helicopter (Bureau # 128533), of Helicopter Utility Squadron Two (HU-2) lowers guard mail to the foredeck of USS Salem (CA-139)*, during operations in the Mediterranean Sea, 29 April 1957. US Navy photo # NH 97609* from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center	US Naval Historical Center
	91k	*USS Caloosahatchee* (AO-98) refueling destroyers off both her port and starboard sides. USS Allen M. Sumner (DD-692) is visible to starboard of Caloosahatchee**, date and location unknown. US Navy photo from "All Hands" magazine, May 1958	Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
	47k	*USS Caloosahatchee* (AO-98)** at anchor, 20 July 1958, location unknown. Photo courtesy Lawrence Dalli.	Robert Hurst
	175k	*USS Caloosahatchee* (AO-98)** riding at anchor, circa 1959, location unknown.	Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret.
	112k	*USS Caloosahatchee* (AO-98) refueling USS Forrestal (CVA-59) to port while USS Salem (CA-139) moves into position to refuel from Caloosahatchee**'s starboard side, date and place unknown. US Navy photo from "All Hands" magazine, May 1960	Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
	157k	*USS Caloosahatchee* (AO-98)** under way circa 1964. US Navy photo from the collection of SFC Walter Pegg.	Tommy Trampp and David Merrill USS Canisteo (AO-99) Web Site
	78k	*USS Caloosahatchee* (AO-98)** moored to a buoy, date and location unknown US Navy photo	Gerhard Mueller-Debus
	125k	*USS Caloosahatchee* (AO-98) refueling USS Franklin D. Roosevelt (CVA-42) and USS Charles H. Roan (DD-853)** in the Mediterranean, 1960.	Image courtesy of Larry Blumenthal, "US Navy Photos"
	151k	*USS Caloosahatchee* (AO-98)*, the fully assembled ship undocking, 6 August 1968, during her "Jumboization" conversion at Bethlehem Steel Co., Baltimore Yards. In a series of dockings and undockings, the stern was detached from the old midbody, 4 June 1968, and joined to the new midbody, 8 June, then the bow was detached from the old midbody on 16 July and joined to the new ship on the same day. US Naval History and Heritage Command, Photo No. NH 85040*, courtesy Shipscribe.com.	Mike Green
	128k	*USS Caloosahatchee* (AO-98) conducting an underway replenishment with aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) and destroyer USS Manley (DD-940)**, date and location unknown. US Navy photos.	Ron Reeves
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	61k
	56k	*USS Caloosahatchee* (AO-98)** under way, date and location unknown. US Navy photo	David Merrill USS Canisteo (AO-99) Web Site
	96k	*USS Caloosahatchee* (AO-98)** under way, date and location unknown. US Navy photo	Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret.
	1095k	*USS Caloosahatchee* (AO-98)** departing the port of Genoa, Italy, 26 April 1972.	Photo by Carlo Martinelli
	761k	Aerial view of *USS William H. Standley* (CG-32) and USS Independence (CV 62) conducting an underway replenishment with USS Caloosahatchee (AO-98)** while in the Med, late 1976.	Jeff Padell
	366k	*USS Caloosahatchee* (AO-98) in company with amphibious transport dock USS Shreveport (LPD-12)** during Operation INTENSE LOOK, 1 August 1984.
	798k	*USS Yosemite* (AD-19) moored pierside at Marseille, France, circa 1987-88, with USS Caloosahatchee (AO-98) and USS Vreeland (FF-1068)** alongside.	Photo by Philippe Gonzales
	287k	*USS Caloosahatchee* (AO-98) under way alongside the the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69)** during an underway replenishment, 20 November 1986. US Navy photo
	263k
	361k	*USS Caloosahatchee* (AO-98) under way alongside the the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) and the guided missile frigate USS Jack Williams (FFG-24)**, during an underway replenishment, 11 February 1987. US Navy photo
	422k	*USS Mount Baker* (AE-34) under way. The destroyer tender USS Yosemite (AD-19) and USS Caloosahatchee (AO-98)** are in the background, 12 March 1988. US Navy photo.
	375k	*USS Caloosahatchee* (AO-98) and USS King (DDG-41)** under way, 5 June 1987, location unknown. US Navy photo
	266k	*USS Caloosahatchee* (AO-98)** under way 1 January 1988, location unknown. US Navy photo
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	192k	Crew members stand by in the hanger bay of the the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier *USS Dwight D. Eisenhower* (CVN-69) during an underway replenishment with USS Caloosahatchee (AO-98)**, 1 April 1988. US Navy photo
	350k	*USS Caloosahatchee* (AO-98)** under way 12 March 1988, location unknown. US Navy photo
	424k
	250k	*USS Caloosahatchee* (AO-98) under way alongside the the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69)** during an underway replenishment, 27 April 1988. US Navy photo
	375k	*USS Caloosahatchee* (AO-98)** under way, date and location unknown. US Navy photo
	287k	Port quarter view of the fleet oiler *USS Caloosahatchee* (AO-98) and the frigate USS Thomas C. Hart (FF-1092)** during underway replenishment operations, 22 January 1990. US Navy photo
	333k	*USS Caloosahatchee* (AO-98) under way at Hampton Roads, VA., date unknown. Photo @copyAtlantic Fleet Sales and can be purchased from Atlantic Fleet Sales** .	Robert M. Cieri
	326k	*USS Caloosahatchee* (AO-98)** conducting a simultaneous port and starboard underway replenishment, date and location unknown. US Navy photo.	Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret.
	91k	*USS Caloosahatchee* (AO-98)** drydocked, date and location unknown. Photo courtesy Auke Visser's Famous T - Tankers Pages.	Robert Hurst
	434k	Aerial view of Unit 7 of the National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River Group, Lee Hall, VA., 28 January 1999. From bottom to top; unidentified, *Santa Cruz* Vulcan (AR-5), Redstone (T-AGM-20), 2 unidentified APs, GEN. N.M. Walter (T-AP-125), GEN. Wm. O. Darby (IX-510), Waccamaw (T-AO-109), Canisteo (AO-99), Caloosahatchee (AO-98), Mississinewa (T-AO-144), Pawcatuck (T-AO-108), Truckee (T-AO-147), Neosho (T-AO-143), Benjamin Isherwood (T-AO-191) and Henry Eckford (T-AO-192). These two oilers were both lay-berthed incomplete.
	47k	Three views of ex-*USS Caloosahatchee* (AO-98)** being towed from the National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River, Lee Hall, VA., en route to Hartlepool, England, for scrapping, October 2003. Photos from Auke Visser's Famous T - Tankers Pages.	Robert Hurst
	37k	Ex-*USS Caloosahatchee* (AO-98)** at anchor, circa 2006, probably near Hartlepool, Teeside, England. Photo via the master tug Englishman. Courtesy Frans Sanderse Collection.	Robert Hurst
	45k	"The Hartlepool Four" left to right; ex-*USS Caloosahatchee* (AO-98) ex-USS Canisteo (AO-99), ex-USS Canopus (AS-34), and ex-USS Compass Island (E-AG-153)** awaiting the beginning of the end at Able UK, Hartlepool, Teeside, England, 4 March 2006. Scrapping is on hold due to environmental concerns.	Photo by David Nixon
	77k	"The Hartlepool Four" ex-*USS Caloosahatchee* (AO-98) ex-USS Canisteo (AO-99), ex-USS Canopus (AS-34), and ex-USS Compass Island (E-AG-153)** at Able UK, Hartlepool, Teeside, England, date unknown. Photo from geograph.org	Robert Hurst

Additional Ships Patches
Contributed by Mike Smolinski	Contributed by Mike Smolinski

For more photos and information about USS Caloosahatchee, see;
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships
MARAD Vessel History Database

Commanding Officers
01	CDR. Livingston, Harry Robert, USNR	10 October 1945 - 1 March 1946
02	CAPT. Beck, Philip George, USN	1 March 1946 - 19 April 1946
03	CAPT. Jacobs, Tyrrell Dwight, USN (USNA 1927)	19 April 1946 - 1 August 1947
04	CAPT. Nilon, Leo William, USN (USNA 1927)	1 August 1947 - 14 October 1947
05	LT. Wheeler, R. E, USN (USNA 1934) [temporary]	1 August 1947 - 16 October 1947
06	CDR. Holzapfel, Alfred F., USNR [temporary]	16 October 1947 - 2 November 1947
07	CAPT. Hood, Alexander Haldeman, USN (USNA 1929)	2 November 1947 - 17 December 1948
08	CAPT. Gleim Jr., Fritz, USN (USNA 1927)	17 December 1948 - 20 November 1949
09	CAPT. Ford, Robert Stephens, USN (USNA 1927) :RADM	20 November 1949 - 9 February 1951
10	CAPT. Finney Jr., Earl Peck. USN (USNA 1932)	9 February 1951 - 26 April 1952
11	CAPT. Baker Jr., Christopher Sylvanus, USN (USNA 1933) :RADM	26 April 1952 - 27 June 1953
12	CAPT. Mabley, Louis Christopher, USN (USNA 1926)	27 June 1953 - 5 July 1953
13	CDR. Cleaves, Alfred S., USNR [XO acting]	5 July 1953 - 21 July 1953
14	CAPT. Mabley, Louis Christopher, USN (USNA 1926)	21 July 1953 - 14 July 1955
15	CAPT. Schnable, Alan George, USN (USNA 1934)	18 July 1954 - 14 July 1955
16	CAPT. Luosey, Michael Joseph, USN (USNA 1933)	14 July 1955 - 6 August 1956
17	CAPT. Presler, Irving Stahl, USN (USNA 1934)	6 August 1956 - 25 September 1957
18	CAPT. Dissette, Edward Farwell, USN (USNA 1934)	25 September 1957 - 4 October 1958
19	CAPT. Jackson, Robert Woods, USN :RADM	4 October 1958 - 30 July 1959
20	CAPT. Gilkeson, Fillmore Bolling, USN (USNA 1937) :RADM	22 August 1959 - 3 April 1960
21	CAPT. Leonard, William Nicholas (Bill), USN (USNA 1938):RADM	19 April 1960 - 21 May 1960
22	CAPT. McDowell, Joseph Matthew, USN (USNA 1938)	21 May 1960 - 13 September 1961
23	CAPT. Burgess, Andrew Lynn, USN (USNA 1938)	13 September 1961 - 14 August 1962
24	CAPT. Murphy Jr., Walter Patrick, USN	14 August 1962 - 26 July 1963
25	CAPT. Taylor, Robert Emerson, USN	26 July 1963 - 21 July 1964
26	CAPT. Woodward, Nelson Coates, USN (USNA 1943)	21 July 1964 - 6 August 1965
27	CAPT. Hawkins, Arthur Ray, USN	6 August 1965 - 23 April 1966
28	CAPT. Ford, John Ellsworth, USN	23 April 1966 - 4 August 1967
29	CAPT. Creamer, John James, USN (USNA 1944)	4 August 1967 - 8 May 1968
30	LCDR. Rankin, James Frederick, USN	8 May 1968 - 28 May 1969
31	CAPT. McFarland, Milton Clay, USN (USNA 1948-B)	28 May 1969 - 22 December 1970
32	CAPT. Endacott, Jack Andrew, USN	22 December 1970 - 24 April 1972
33	CAPT. Goehring, Bernard Edward, USN	24 April 1972 - 8 September 1973
34	CAPT. Malloy, John Edward, USN (USNA 1950)	8 September 1973 - 1 August 1975
35	CAPT. Brown III, Thomas Francis (Tom), CAPT USN :RADM	1 August 1975 - 25 February 1977
36	CAPT. Flatley III, James Henry (Jim), USN (USNA 1956) :RADM	25 February 1977 - 21 July 1978
37	CAPT. Dorsey Jr., James Francis (Yank), USN :VADM	21 July 1978 - 14 December 1979
38	CAPT. Metz, Frederick John, USN :RADM	14 December 1979 - 23 May 1981
39	CAPT. Lineberger, Preston Hearne, USN	23 May 1981 - 3 February 1982
40	CAPT. Metz, Frederick John, USN :RADM	3 February 1982 - 29 March 1982
41	CAPT. Houston, Jerry Beaman (Devil), USN :RADM	29 March 1982 - 19 July 1983
42	CAPT. Lair, James Anthony (Jim), USN :RADM	19 July 1983 - 12 April 1985
43	CAPT. Hunt, Donald Bayard, USN	12 April 1985 - 12 November 1985
44	CAPT. Mitchell Jr., Albert Hoyt, USN	12 November 1985 - 29 November 1985
45	CAPT. Thomassy Jr., Louis Edward (Tim), USN (USNA 1962	29 November 1985 - 21 August 1987
46	CAPT. Abbot, Charles Stevenson (Steve), USN (USNA 1956) :ADM	21 August 1987 - 1 February 1989
47	CAPT. Lowe, Julian Richard, USN	1 February 1989 - 1 February 1990
48	LCDR. Matthies, Frederick Theodore, USN	1 February 1990 - 28 February 1990


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