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U.S.S. CALOOSAHATCHEE
(AO-98)SERVE TO THE FLEET WITH PRIDE
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The USS CALOOSAHATCHEE (AO-98), a Cimarron-class oiler, was commissioned on 10 OCT 1945. She served the Atlantic Fleet, performing underway refueling of bunker oil and avgas. CALOOSAHATCHEE's voayages took her north to Iceland, south of the Equator and as far east as the Indian Ocean. During her nearly 45 years at sea, she refueled thousands of Navy vessels, always with "SERVICE TO THE FLEET WITH PRIDE", USS CHATTAHOOCHEE served her country for 44 years, 4 months and 18 days, until decommissioned on 28 FEB 1990. The hulk of the CALOOSAHATCHEE was dismantled by UK ABLE in Teeside, England in 2003.
The USS CALOOSAHATCHEE (AO-98) deployment history and significant events of her service career follow:
AO-98 Deployments - Major Events
Add a AO-98 Shellback Initiation | Add a AO-98 Deployment - Major Event | ||||
Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
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NOV | 1944 | - | Keel Date: 30 NOV 1944 | ||
JUN | 1945 | - | Launch Date: 2 JUN 1945 | ||
OCT | 1945 | - | Commissioned: 10 OCT 1945 | ||
JUL | 1949 | - | JAN | 1951 | Mediterranean |
AUG | 1953 | - | NOV | 1953 | North Atlantic |
JAN | 1955 | - | Shellback Initiation - 1 JAN 1955 - Atlantic Ocean | ||
JUL | 1957 | - | JAN | 1958 | NATO EX ARCTIC CIRCLE BLUE NOSE |
FEB | 1958 | - | SEP | 1958 | Mediterranean |
JAN | 1960 | - | DEC | 1961 | Cuban Missle Blockade |
JAN | 1961 | - | JAN | 1961 | Caribbean |
OCT | 1962 | - | OCT | 1962 | Cuban Missle Blockade |
DEC | 1963 | - | DEC | 1963 | Broke anchor chain in Naples Bay |
APR | 1965 | - | SEP | 1966 | Dominican Republic Operation Power Pack |
JUL | 1965 | - | NOV | 1965 | Mediterranean |
MAR | 1966 | - | MAR | 1966 | Gemini 8 Rendezvous Recovery Force LANT |
MAY | 1966 | - | JUL | 1966 | Caribbean |
SEP | 1966 | - | APR | 1967 | Lost two utiity boats Naples Harbor |
JUN | 1967 | - | AUG | 1967 | Shellback initiation 6/20/1967 |
JUN | 1967 | - | Shellback Initiation - 20 JUN 1967 - Atlantic Ocean | ||
JUN | 1967 | - | JUL | 1967 | West Pac |
JAN | 1969 | - | JAN | 1969 | Recommisioning |
SEP | 1969 | - | APR | 1970 | Mediterranean |
OCT | 1969 | - | FEB | 1970 | Guantanamo Bay |
JUL | 1970 | - | AUG | 1970 | South Atlantic Indian Ocean Rio De Janerio Home |
AUG | 1973 | - | JAN | 1974 | North Atlantic-Med-Indian Ocean |
OCT | 1973 | - | NOV | 1973 | Blue Nose - Arctic Circle |
SEP | 1975 | - | JUN | 1976 | Mediterranean |
JAN | 1976 | - | APR | 1976 | Mediterranean |
SEP | 1977 | - | APR | 1978 | Mediterranean |
AUG | 1979 | - | NOV | 1979 | North Atlantic |
JAN | 1980 | - | JAN | 1982 | Grenada |
MAR | 1980 | - | AUG | 1980 | Mediterranean |
MAR | 1982 | - | SEP | 1982 | Mediterranean |
JUL | 1983 | - | AUG | 1983 | Dry Dock |
SEP | 1983 | - | Shellback Initiation - 20 SEP 1983 - Atlantic Ocean | ||
SEP | 1983 | - | NOV | 1983 | UNITAS |
OCT | 1983 | - | NOV | 1983 | Grenada |
OCT | 1983 | - | MAR | 1984 | UNITAS |
APR | 1984 | - | OCT | 1984 | Mediterranean-Indian Ocean |
JUN | 1984 | - | Shellback Initiation - 22 JUN 1984 - Indian Ocean | ||
JAN | 1987 | - | AUG | 1987 | Mediterranean |
FEB | 1988 | - | SEP | 1988 | Mediterranean |
FEB | 1988 | - | SEP | 1988 | Mediterranean |
FEB | 1988 | - | AUG | 1988 | Mediterranean |
AUG | 1989 | - | Shellback Initiation - 6 AUG 1989 - Indian Ocean | ||
SEP | 1989 | - | Shellback Initiation - 13 SEP 1989 - Atlantic Ocean | ||
FEB | 1990 | - | Decommissioned: 28 FEB 1990 |
AO-98 General Specifications
Named for: The Caloosahatchie River in Florida
Complement: 22 Officers and 335 Enlisted
Displacement: 7236 tons
Length: 644 feet
Beam: 75 feet
Draft: 32 feet
Final Disposition: Transferred to the Maritime Administration 18 December 1998
USS CALOOSAHATCHEE (AO-98)
Caloosahatchee (AO-98) was launched 2 June 1945 by Bethlehem-Sparrows Point Shipyard Inc. Sparrows Point Md. under a Maritime Commission contract; sponsored by Mrs. C. L. Andrews; acquired by the Navy 10 October 1945; commissioned the same day Commander H. R. Livingston USNR in command; and reported to Commander Service Force Atlantic Fleet.
Caloosahatchee cruised off the east coast transporting oil and fueling ships at sea and made a voyage to Iceland from Norfolk during her first two years of operations. On 14 August 1947 she sailed for her first tour of duty with the 6th Fleet in the Mediterranean a deployment that marked almost every year of her operations from that time into 1960. In this era when the U.S. Navy had perfected at-sea replenishment to greatly increase mobility flexibility and efficiency Caloosahatchee played a key role in increasing the enormous power for peace represented by the mighty 6th Fleet. Among other widespread operations Caloosahatchee participated in NATO Operation "Mariner" off Greenock Scotland from 16 September to 20 October 1953 and provided summer training for future naval officers in midshipman cruises to Le Havre France in 1954 and to Copenhagen Denmark in 1956. In fall 1957 and again in summer 1958 the oiler sailed with forces calling at ports in England Scotland France and Portugal.
Caloosahatchee 's constant readiness
for emergency deployments or other challenges to her operational
capability was developed and maintained through training operations
along: the east coast
and participation in such large-scale Atlantic
Fleet exercises as Operation "Springboard" held in the Caribbean
which operations continued through 1960.
[Note: The above USS CALOOSAHATCHEE (AO-98) history may or may not contain text provided by crew members of the USS CALOOSAHATCHEE (AO-98) or by other non-crew members and text from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships]