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U.S.S. TAPPAHANNOCK

(AO-43)

THE GHOST OF THE VIET NAM COAST

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AO-43 Deployments - Major Events

Add a AO-43 Shellback Initiation Add a AO-43 Deployment - Major Event
Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
DEC1941-Keel Date: 24 DEC 1941
at Sun Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Chester PA
APR1942-Launch Date: 18 APR 1942
JUN1942-Commissioned: 22 JUN 1942
JAN1950-JAN1952West Pac
MAR1966-JUL1968West Pac-Viet Nam
JUL1966-Shellback Initiation - 29 JUL 1966 - Pacific Ocean
JUL1966-JUL1967West Pac-Viet Nam
JUL1966- Shellback Initiation - 29 JUL 1966 - Pacific Ocean
JUL1966- Shellback Initiation - 29 JUL 1966 - Pacific Ocean
NOV1966-AUG1967West Pac-Viet Nam
JAN1967-JUL1967West Pac-Viet Nam
MAY1967-Shellback Initiation - 9 MAY 1967 - Indian Ocean
MAR1968-SEP1968West Pac-Viet Nam
MAY1969-NOV1969West Pac-Viet Nam

AO-43 General Specifications

Class: Mattaponi-class oiler

Complement: 213 Officers and Enlisted

Displacement: 7004 tons

Length: 520 feet

Beam: 68 feet

Draft: 30 feet 9 in

Final Disposition: Disposed of by MARAD 2 February 1987