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U.S.S. CHUKAWAN
(AO-100)MOBILITY FOR THE FLEET
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USS CHUKAWAN (AO-100) - a Cimarron-class fleet oiler
In Commission 1946 to 1972AO-100 Deployments - Major Events
Add a AO-100 Shellback Initiation | Add a AO-100 Deployment - Major Event | ||||
Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
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AUG | 1945 | - | Launch Date: 28 AUG 1945 | ||
JAN | 1946 | - | Commissioned: 22 JAN 1946 | ||
JAN | 1954 | - | JUN | 1954 | Mediterranean |
OCT | 1956 | - | DEC | 1956 | Mediterranean-Lebanon |
JUL | 1960 | - | JAN | 1961 | Mediterranean |
JUL | 1962 | - | AUG | 1963 | Cuban Missle Blockade |
AUG | 1962 | - | Shellback Initiation - 19 AUG 1962 - Atlantic Ocean | ||
APR | 1963 | - | APR | 1966 | Cuban Missle Blockade |
JUN | 1964 | - | AUG | 1964 | Mediterranean |
OCT | 1965 | - | APR | 1966 | Mediterranean |
APR | 1968 | - | OCT | 1968 | Mediterranean |
APR | 1969 | - | JUL | 1969 | North Atlantic |
APR | 1969 | - | JUL | 1969 | North Atlantic |
JUL | 1970 | - | NOV | 1970 | Mediterranean-Jordanian Crisis |
APR | 1971 | - | JUL | 1971 | Mediterranean |
JUN | 1972 | - | Decommissioned: 13 JUN 1972 |
AO-100 General Specifications
Complement: 314 Officers and Enlisted
Displacement: 7236 tons
Length: 553 feet
Beam: 75 feet
Draft: 32 feet
Flank Speed: 18 knots
USS CHUKAWAN (AO-100)
Chuckawan (AO-100) was launched 28 August 1945 by Bethlehem Steel Co. Sparrows Point Md.; sponsored by Miss M. McCrea; commissioned 22 January 1946 Commander G. H. Burrows USNR in command; and reported to the Atlantic Fleet.
From the time of her commissioning. through 1963 Chuckawan has helped give the U.S. Fleet its unique mobility. From her home port at Norfolk Va. she has repeatedly sailed to fuel ships operating in exercises along the coast to transport oil products overseas and to carry oil from producing regions. Among her most important duties have been her cruises with the formidable 6th Fleet in the Mediterranean. These deployments occurred in 1947 1950 1951-52 1954 1955-56 1957 1958 and 1960 and were occasions for visits to a variety of Mediterranean ports as well as participation in the operations by which the 6th Fleet has repeatedly checked Communist moves in this ancient center of civilization.
Two of these were of special international significance. The first
came in November 1956
upon the outbreak of the Suez crisis
when she
sailed from Norfolk on short notice with a carrier task force
assigned to stand by in the eastern Atlantic should American strength
in the Mediterranean need enhancement. Her second dramatic incident
occurred through her service to 6th Fleet ships during the Lebanon
crisis of summer
1958
when such support as hers made possible the
landing of Marines on the shortest possible notice in an operation
which kept the peace in the Near East at a most explosive moment in
history.
[Note: The above USS CHUKAWAN (AO-100) history may or may not contain text provided by crew members of the USS CHUKAWAN (AO-100) or by other non-crew members and text from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships]