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U.S.S. PLATTE

(AO-24)

PRIMI SAESSE AUXILIO

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AO-24 Deployments - Major Events

Add a AO-24 Shellback Initiation Add a AO-24 Deployment - Major Event
Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
JUL1939-Launch Date: 8 JUL 1939
DEC1939-Commissioned: 1 DEC 1939
JAN1942-AUG1946Middle Pacific
NOV1952-DEC1953West Pac
MAY1962-DEC1962West Pac
JAN1964-SEP1964West Pac-Viet Nam
JAN1965-OCT1967West Pac-Viet Nam
JAN1965-DEC1969West Pac-Viet Nam
JAN1965-APR1970West Pac-Viet Nam
MAR1965-MAR1966West Pac-Viet Nam
MAR1965-APR1965West Pac-Viet Nam
APR1966-OCT1966Dry Dock
FEB1967-FEB1968West Pac-Viet Nam
APR1967-MAR1968West Pac-Viet Nam
JUN1967-Shellback Initiation - 18 JUN 1967 - Pacific Ocean
JUN1967-FEB1968West Pac
JUN1967-FEB1968West Pac-Viet Nam
DEC1967-Shellback Initiation - 2 DEC 1967 - Pacific Ocean
JAN1968-JAN1969West Pac
JAN1968-JAN1970West Pac-Viet Nam
APR1968-APR1970West Pac-Viet Nam
JUN1968-OCT1969West Pac-Viet Nam
AUG1968-MAY1969West Pac-Viet Nam
MAR1969- Shellback Initiation - 14 MAR 1969 - Pacific Ocean
MAR1969- Shellback Initiation - 14 MAR 1969 - Pacific Ocean
MAY1969-Shellback Initiation - 5 MAY 1969 - Pacific Ocean
JUN1969-Shellback Initiation - 16 JUN 1969 - Pacific Ocean
SEP1969-MAY1970West Pac-Viet Nam
MAR1970-Shellback Initiation - 10 MAR 1970 - Pacific Ocean

AO-24 General Specifications

Class: Cimarron-class oiler

Complement: 304 Officers and Enlisted

Displacement: 7470 tons

Length: 553 feet

Beam: 75 feet

Draft: 32 feet 4 in

Final Disposition: Sold for scrapping 17 July 2007