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U.S.S. ZELIMA
(AF-49)FEEDING THE FLEET
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AF-49 Deployments - Major Events
Add a AF-49 Shellback Initiation | Add a AF-49 Deployment - Major Event | ||||
Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
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DEC | 1944 | - | Keel Date: 5 DEC 1944 | ||
MAR | 1945 | - | Launch Date: 2 MAR 1945 | ||
JUL | 1946 | - | Commissioned: 27 JUL 1946 | ||
JUN | 1953 | - | JAN | 1954 | Middle Pacific |
JUN | 1958 | - | NOV | 1958 | Quemoy |
JAN | 1960 | - | APR | 1962 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
JUL | 1961 | - | MAY | 1963 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
OCT | 1962 | - | NOV | 1962 | Cuban Missle Blockade |
FEB | 1963 | - | JUL | 1963 | West Pac |
MAY | 1963 | - | Shellback Initiation - 28 MAY 1963 - Pacific Ocean | ||
NOV | 1963 | - | MAY | 1964 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
JUN | 1964 | - | FEB | 1966 | West Pac |
JUL | 1964 | - | MAR | 1966 | West Pac |
DEC | 1965 | - | MAY | 1966 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
MAY | 1966 | - | JAN | 1967 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
MAY | 1966 | - | JAN | 1967 | west pac vietnam |
JAN | 1967 | - | JAN | 1968 | West Pac |
JAN | 1967 | - | DEC | 1967 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
JAN | 1967 | - | JUL | 1969 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
DEC | 1967 | - | APR | 1968 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
JAN | 1968 | - | APR | 1968 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
AUG | 1969 | - | DEC | 1969 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
JAN | 1970 | - | MAR | 1970 | Decommisioning |
AF-49 General Specifications
Class: Alstede-class stores ship
Complement: 292 Officers and Enlisted
Displacement: 15500 tons
Length: 459 feet 2 inches
Beam: 63 feet
Draft: 28 feet
Range: 16 000 nautical miles
Final Disposition: Disposed of by MARAD sale fate unknown