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U.S.S. ELOKOMIN
(AO-55)ENDURANCE MOBILITY SERVICE RELIABILITY
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AO-55 Deployments - Major Events
Add a AO-55 Shellback Initiation | Add a AO-55 Deployment - Major Event | ||||
Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
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OCT | 1943 | - | Launch Date: 19 OCT 1943 | ||
NOV | 1943 | - | Commissioned: 30 NOV 1943 | ||
APR | 1946 | - | APR | 1946 | Caribbean |
MAY | 1946 | - | MAY | 1946 | Guantanamo Bay |
JUN | 1946 | - | JUL | 1946 | Regular Overhaul |
MAR | 1950 | - | FEB | 1951 | invasion of dieques |
JUN | 1951 | - | Shellback Initiation - 10 JUN 1951 - Atlantic Ocean | ||
FEB | 1953 | - | JUN | 1953 | Mediterranean |
MAY | 1954 | - | SEP | 1954 | Dry Dock |
JAN | 1955 | - | JUL | 1955 | Mediterranean |
AUG | 1955 | - | AUG | 1955 | Midshipman cruise Baltic |
AUG | 1955 | - | Shellback Initiation - 15 AUG 1955 - Atlantic Ocean | ||
SEP | 1955 | - | MAR | 1956 | Mediterranean |
NOV | 1955 | - | APR | 1956 | Mediterranean-Lebanon |
DEC | 1955 | - | MAR | 1956 | Mediterranean |
JAN | 1961 | - | DEC | 1961 | Guantanamo Bay |
APR | 1961 | - | MAY | 1962 | Cuban Missle Blockade |
AUG | 1961 | - | MAR | 1962 | Mediterranean |
JAN | 1962 | - | JAN | 1965 | North Atlantic |
OCT | 1962 | - | OCT | 1962 | Cuban Missle Blockade |
NOV | 1963 | - | MAY | 1964 | Mediterranean |
MAR | 1965 | - | Shellback Initiation - 15 MAR 1965 - Atlantic Ocean | ||
JAN | 1966 | - | JAN | 1968 | Mediterranean-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf |
JUN | 1966 | - | JAN | 1967 | Dry Dock |
DEC | 1966 | - | DEC | 1968 | Mediterranean |
FEB | 1967 | - | APR | 1967 | Caribbean |
MAY | 1967 | - | OCT | 1967 | Attack on the USS LIBERTY in June 1967 in the Eastern Mediterran |
JAN | 1968 | - | JAN | 1969 | Mediterranean-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf |
AO-55 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 1970