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U.S.S. CHICOPEE

(AO-34)


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AO-34 Deployments - Major Events

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Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
MAY1941-Keel Date: 14 MAY 1941
at Sun Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Chester PA
SEP1941-Launch Date: 6 SEP 1941
FEB1942-Commissioned: 9 FEB 1942
OCT1944-JAN1945Middle Pacific

AO-34 General Specifications

Class: Chicopee-class oiler

Named for: Chicopee River

Complement: 279 Officers and Enlisted

Displacement: 5375 tons

Length: 520 feet

Beam: 68 feet

Flank Speed: 16 Knots

Final Disposition: Returned to Standard Oil Company of New Jersey; converted to container ship 1963