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(AO-47)NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE WITH
GOD OR A SAILOR
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AO-47 Deployments - Major Events
Add a AO-47 Shellback Initiation | Add a AO-47 Deployment - Major Event | ||||
Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
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JUN | 1941 | - | Keel Date: 12 JUN 1941 at Sun Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Chester PA | ||
OCT | 1941 | - | Launch Date: 11 OCT 1941 | ||
SEP | 1942 | - | Commissioned: 16 SEP 1942 | ||
OCT | 1942 | - | Shellback Initiation - 10 OCT 1942 - Pacific Ocean | ||
NOV | 1954 | - | JUN | 1955 | Mediterranean |
DEC | 1956 | - | NOV | 1957 | Recommisioning |
APR | 1962 | - | MAR | 1963 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
JUL | 1962 | - | JUL | 1963 | West Pac |
OCT | 1963 | - | MAR | 1964 | West Pac |
JAN | 1964 | - | JUL | 1964 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
MAR | 1965 | - | FEB | 1966 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
MAY | 1965 | - | FEB | 1966 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
MAY | 1966 | - | APR | 1967 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
SEP | 1967 | - | APR | 1968 | West Pac |
SEP | 1967 | - | APR | 1968 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
APR | 1968 | - | Shellback Initiation - 3 APR 1968 - Pacific Ocean | ||
APR | 1968 | - | APR | 1968 | Golden dragon |
MAY | 1968 | - | Shellback Initiation - 7 MAY 1968 - Pacific Ocean | ||
MAY | 1968 | - | Shellback Initiation - 7 MAY 1968 - Pacific Ocean | ||
AUG | 1968 | - | MAR | 1970 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
OCT | 1968 | - | JAN | 1969 | West Pac |
NOV | 1968 | - | NOV | 1968 | Man Overboard/HM2 Loyatus Marshall was lost at sea - 11/29/1968 |
JAN | 1970 | - | JUL | 1970 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
1970 | - | AUG | 1970 | West Pac-Viet Nam | |
JAN | 1970 | - | JUL | 1970 | West Pac |
AO-47 General Specifications
Class: Mattaponi-class oiler
Named for: Neches River
Complement: 242 Officers and Enlisted
Displacement: 22445 tons
Length: 520 feet
Beam: 68 feet
Flank Speed: 16 Knots
Final Disposition: Sold for scrapping 1 December 1973