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(AO-53)CAN DO
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AO-53 Deployments - Major Events
Add a AO-53 Shellback Initiation | Add a AO-53 Deployment - Major Event | ||||
Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
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JAN | 1943 | - | Keel Date: 2 JAN 1943 at Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation Sparrows Point MD | ||
AUG | 1943 | - | Launch Date: 25 AUG 1943 | ||
OCT | 1943 | - | Commissioned: 12 OCT 1943 | ||
JUN | 1945 | - | JUN | 1946 | Middle Pacific |
MAR | 1957 | - | AUG | 1957 | West Pac |
DEC | 1957 | - | JUN | 1958 | West Pac |
JAN | 1962 | - | JAN | 1964 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
JAN | 1962 | - | JAN | 1964 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
JUL | 1966 | - | MAR | 1967 | West Pac |
OCT | 1966 | - | Shellback Initiation - 27 OCT 1966 - Indian Ocean | ||
MAY | 1968 | - | Shellback Initiation - 19 MAY 1968 - Pacific Ocean | ||
1969 | - | SEP | 1969 | West Pac-Viet Nam | |
APR | 1969 | - | JAN | 1972 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
JAN | 1970 | - | APR | 1971 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
JAN | 1971 | - | JAN | 1972 | West Pac-Indian Ocean |
AUG | 1971 | - | Shellback Initiation - 17 AUG 1971 - Pacific Ocean | ||
AUG | 1971 | - | Shellback Initiation - 17 AUG 1971 - Pacific Ocean | ||
JAN | 1972 | - | JAN | 1973 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
JAN | 1973 | - | SEP | 1973 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
AO-53 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 5 April 1974