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U.S.S. CACAPON
(AO-52)NO SLACK ON THE CAC
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AO-52 Deployments - Major Events
Add a AO-52 Shellback Initiation | Add a AO-52 Deployment - Major Event | ||||
Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
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JUN | 1941 | - | Launch Date: 12 JUN 1941 | ||
SEP | 1943 | - | Commissioned: 21 SEP 1943 | ||
MAR | 1944 | - | Shellback Initiation - 5 MAR 1944 - Pacific Ocean | ||
SEP | 1945 | - | SEP | 1945 | Japanese Surrender Ceremony in Tokyo Bay Next to USS Missouri |
JAN | 1946 | - | JAN | 1946 | 1946 japan to china |
DEC | 1946 | - | APR | 1947 | Antarctic Circle - Operation Highjump |
FEB | 1958 | - | AUG | 1958 | Operation Hardtack - nuclear tests; station ship Bikini Atoll |
FEB | 1958 | - | AUG | 1958 | feb.58 to aug 58 operation hardtack |
JUN | 1959 | - | DEC | 1960 | West Pac |
MAY | 1962 | - | NOV | 1962 | West Pac |
JUL | 1963 | - | JAN | 1964 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
JAN | 1964 | - | APR | 1966 | West Pac |
JAN | 1965 | - | JAN | 1965 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
MAR | 1965 | - | AUG | 1965 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
APR | 1966 | - | AUG | 1966 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
JAN | 1967 | - | Shellback Initiation - 14 JAN 1967 - Pacific Ocean | ||
JAN | 1967 | - | DEC | 1967 | Regular Overhaul |
JAN | 1967 | - | JAN | 1968 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
JAN | 1967 | - | Shellback Initiation - 1 JAN 1967 - Pacific Ocean | ||
JUL | 1967 | - | DEC | 1967 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
AUG | 1967 | - | NOV | 1969 | West Pac |
AUG | 1967 | - | NOV | 1969 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
SEP | 1967 | - | MAR | 1968 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
JAN | 1968 | - | Ens. Andrew Muns - Murdered aboard - 17 JAN 1968 | ||
JAN | 1968 | - | JAN | 1970 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
JAN | 1968 | - | JAN | 1968 | Antarctic Circle |
OCT | 1968 | - | MAR | 1969 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
JAN | 1969 | - | JUL | 1969 | West Pac |
SEP | 1969 | - | MAY | 1970 | West Pac |
NOV | 1969 | - | MAR | 1970 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
JUN | 1972 | - | FEB | 1973 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
JUN | 1972 | - | FEB | 1973 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
AO-52 General Specifications
Class: Cimarron-class oiler
Complement: 314 Officers and Enlisted
Displacement: 7236 tons
Length: 553 feet
Beam: 75 feet
Draft: 32 feet
Final Disposition: Sold for scrap