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U.S.S. NIOBRARA
(AO-72)HOW MANY
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AO-72 Deployments - Major Events
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Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
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JUN | 1942 | - | Keel Date: 29 JUN 1942 at Bethlehem Sparrows Point Shipyard MD | ||
NOV | 1942 | - | Launch Date: 28 NOV 1942 | ||
MAR | 1943 | - | Commissioned: 13 MAR 1943 | ||
JUN | 1944 | - | Shellback Initiation - 3 JUN 1944 - Pacific Ocean | ||
JAN | 1952 | - | APR | 1952 | Caribbean |
JUN | 1952 | - | Shellback Initiation - 12 JUN 1952 - Atlantic Ocean | ||
MAY | 1953 | - | AUG | 1953 | Guantanamo Bay |
JUN | 1953 | - | Shellback Initiation - 15 JUN 1953 - Atlantic Ocean | ||
JUN | 1953 | - | Shellback Initiation - 19 JUN 1953 - Atlantic Ocean | ||
NOV | 1954 | - | Decommissioned: 30 NOV 1954 | ||
MAR | 1957 | - | Shellback Initiation - 15 MAR 1957 - Indian Ocean |
AO-72 General Specifications
Class: Chiwawa-class oiler
Named for: Niobrara River
Complement: 247 Officers and Enlisted
Displacement: 5708 tons
Length: 502 feet
Beam: 68 feet
Flank Speed: 17 knots
Final Disposition: Sold for scrap 22 March 1982