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U.S.S. SACRAMENTO
(AOE-1)READY FOR SERVICE
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The USS SACRAMENTO (AOE-1), a Sacramento-class fast combat support ship, was commissioned on 14 MAR 1964. USS SACRAMENTO was built at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in Bremerton, Washington and then homeported in Bremerton after commissioning. The "ship's work" that a Fast Combat Stores Ship "turns to" is passing the ammo, fuel and food while deployed in support of the Fleet. She deployed numerous times to the Western Pacific, extending into the Indian Ocean if called upon. Of note: Her main engines were from the never completed USS KENTUCKY (BB-66), abandoned on the ways after WWII. The engines were able to power SACRAMENTO to over thirty knots. USS SACRAMENTO served her country for 40 years, 6 months and 17 days, until decommissioned on 1 OCT 2004. The hulk of the SACRAMENTO was scrapped in 2008.
The USS SACRAMENTO (AOE-1) deployment history and significant events of her service career follow:
AOE-1 Deployments - Major Events
Add a AOE-1 Shellback Initiation | Add a AOE-1 Deployment - Major Event | ||||
Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
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JUN | 1961 | - | Keel Date: 30 JUN 1961 at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard Bremerton WA | ||
SEP | 1963 | - | Launch Date: 14 SEP 1963 | ||
JAN | 1964 | - | JAN | 1967 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
MAR | 1964 | - | Commissioned: 14 MAR 1964 | ||
JUL | 1964 | - | DEC | 1964 | West Pac |
JUL | 1964 | - | DEC | 1964 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
DEC | 1964 | - | JUN | 1965 | West Pac |
DEC | 1964 | - | AUG | 1965 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
JAN | 1965 | - | AUG | 1965 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
JAN | 1965 | - | JAN | 1968 | West Pac |
AUG | 1965 | - | MAR | 1966 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
SEP | 1965 | - | JUN | 1966 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
OCT | 1965 | - | JUN | 1966 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
MAR | 1966 | - | JUN | 1969 | West Pac |
DEC | 1966 | - | MAY | 1967 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
JAN | 1967 | - | APR | 1967 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
JAN | 1967 | - | JAN | 1969 | West Pac |
APR | 1967 | - | Shellback Initiation - 23 APR 1967 - Pacific Ocean | ||
APR | 1967 | - | Shellback Initiation - 23 APR 1967 - Pacific Ocean | ||
JUN | 1967 | - | Shellback Initiation - 19 JUN 1967 - Pacific Ocean | ||
JAN | 1968 | - | JAN | 1970 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
JAN | 1968 | - | JAN | 1970 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
JAN | 1968 | - | SEP | 1971 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
FEB | 1968 | - | APR | 1968 | uss Pueblo Capture by North Korea Deployed to N Korea |
FEB | 1968 | - | APR | 1968 | Westpac. USS Pueblo captured by North Korea deployed to North K |
AUG | 1968 | - | Shellback Initiation - 10 AUG 1968 - Pacific Ocean | ||
JAN | 1969 | - | JAN | 1969 | Golden Shellback Intiation |
JAN | 1969 | - | OCT | 1969 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
FEB | 1969 | - | APR | 1969 | North Korea - USS Pueblo captured by North Korea |
FEB | 1969 | - | NOV | 1972 | West Pac |
FEB | 1969 | - | AUG | 1969 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
AUG | 1969 | - | Shellback Initiation - 2 AUG 1969 - Pacific Ocean | ||
AUG | 1969 | - | Shellback Initiation - 2 AUG 1969 - Pacific Ocean | ||
MAR | 1970 | - | DEC | 1970 | West Pac |
JAN | 1971 | - | AUG | 1971 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
JUN | 1971 | - | JAN | 1972 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
JUN | 1972 | - | FEB | 1973 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
JUL | 1972 | - | AUG | 1973 | West Pac |
AUG | 1972 | - | APR | 1973 | West pack |
AUG | 1972 | - | APR | 1973 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
JAN | 1973 | - | JAN | 1976 | West Pac-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf |
JAN | 1974 | - | MAR | 1974 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
JAN | 1974 | - | MAR | 1974 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
MAR | 1974 | - | Shellback Initiation - 23 MAR 1974 - Indian Ocean | ||
MAR | 1974 | - | Shellback Initiation - 24 MAR 1974 - Indian Ocean | ||
NOV | 1975 | - | Shellback Initiation - 1 NOV 1975 - Indian Ocean | ||
APR | 1978 | - | Shellback Initiation - 28 APR 1978 - Indian Ocean | ||
APR | 1978 | - | Shellback Initiation - 28 APR 1978 - Pacific Ocean | ||
MAY | 1978 | - | OCT | 1979 | West Pac |
FEB | 1980 | - | SEP | 1980 | West Pac-Indian Ocean |
MAR | 1980 | - | SEP | 1980 | West Pac-Indian Ocean |
MAY | 1980 | - | FEB | 1981 | West Pac |
NOV | 1981 | - | NOV | 1982 | West Pac |
AUG | 1982 | - | MAY | 1983 | CH 46 crash |
NOV | 1982 | - | Shellback Initiation - 20 NOV 1982 - Pacific Ocean | ||
NOV | 1982 | - | Shellback Initiation - 20 NOV 1982 - Indian Ocean | ||
JAN | 1984 | - | JUL | 1984 | West Pac |
JAN | 1985 | - | OCT | 1986 | west-pac/med cruise |
SEP | 1985 | - | Shellback Initiation - 19 SEP 1985 - Indian Ocean | ||
SEP | 1985 | - | OCT | 1986 | West Pac |
DEC | 1988 | - | MAY | 1989 | West Pac-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf |
JAN | 1989 | - | JAN | 1990 | West Pac-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf |
JAN | 1989 | - | JAN | 1990 | West Pac-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf |
FEB | 1989 | - | Shellback Initiation - 3 FEB 1989 - Indian Ocean | ||
FEB | 1989 | - | Shellback Initiation - 16 FEB 1989 - Indian Ocean | ||
FEB | 1989 | - | Shellback Initiation - 28 FEB 1989 - Indian Ocean | ||
NOV | 1990 | - | JAN | 1991 | Desert Storm |
JAN | 1991 | - | MAR | 1991 | Desert Storm |
MAR | 1991 | - | Shellback Initiation - 9 MAR 1991 - Pacific Ocean | ||
APR | 1991 | - | Shellback Initiation - 1 APR 1991 - Indian Ocean | ||
APR | 1991 | - | Shellback Initiation - 1 APR 1991 - Indian Ocean | ||
APR | 1991 | - | Shellback Initiation - 1 APR 1991 - Indian Ocean | ||
NOV | 1992 | - | MAY | 1993 | Somalia |
APR | 1993 | - | Shellback Initiation - 4 APR 1993 - Pacific Ocean | ||
JAN | 1995 | - | Shellback Initiation - 1 JAN 1995 - Pacific Ocean | ||
JAN | 1995 | - | AUG | 1995 | West Pac-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf |
MAY | 1995 | - | Shellback Initiation - 5 MAY 1995 - Indian Ocean | ||
JUN | 1995 | - | JUN | 1995 | collision with uss abraham Lincoln |
JAN | 1996 | - | AUG | 1996 | West Pac |
SEP | 1997 | - | FEB | 1998 | West Pac |
OCT | 1997 | - | Shellback Initiation - 10 OCT 1997 - Pacific Ocean | ||
JUN | 1999 | - | DEC | 1999 | West Pac |
JAN | 2000 | - | FEB | 2001 | ENDURING FREEDOM |
JUL | 2001 | - | FEB | 2002 | Mediterranean-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf |
JAN | 2003 | - | SEP | 2003 | support with carrier group off japan coast |
JAN | 2003 | - | OCT | 2003 | West Pac |
JUN | 2003 | - | Shellback Initiation - 25 JUN 2003 - Pacific Ocean | ||
SEP | 2003 | - | SEP | 2004 | West Pac |
JAN | 2004 | - | OCT | 2004 | West Pac |
MAR | 2004 | - | OCT | 2004 | West Pac |
OCT | 2004 | - | Decommissioned: 1 OCT 2004 |
AOE-1 General Specifications
Class: Sacramento-class fast combat support ship
Complement: 34 Officers and 602 Enlisted
Displacement: 18884 tons
Length: 796 feet
Beam: 107 feet
Draft: 38 feet
Final Disposition: Undergoing Scrapping Dismantling
USS SACRAMENTO (AOE-1)
The third Sacramento (AOE-1),
the first of the Navy's fast combat
support ships, was laid down on 30 June 1961 at the Puget Sound Naval
Shipyard, Bremerton, Wash.; launched on 14
September 1963; sponsored by Mrs.
Edmund G. Brown; and commissioned on 14 March 1964, Capt. Mark M. Gantar
in command.
Sacramento's turbines are two of the four originally built for Kentucky (BB-66), which was never
completed. Her cargo capacity is more than 175,000 barrels or nearly eight million gallons of Navy Standard
fuel oil, JP-5 aviation fuel, and
aviation gasoline. Pumping capacity, to port and starboard
simultaneously, exceeds 1.5 million gallons
per hour. She can also carry 1,600 tons
of ammunition, including missiles; 250 tons of refrigerated provisions,
an equal amount of dry provisions and
stores, and a sizeable load of miscellaneous freight and mail. Helicopter
facilities include a loading area aft
with hangar space for three UH-46 helicopters.
Seattle, Wash., was designated her home port. On 7 April 1964, Sacramento steamed out of the
Puget Sound Naval Shipyard to begin
her maiden voyage, three days of
builder's and familiarization trials. On Friday, 12 June, Sacramento and
Mars (AFS-1) rendezvoused
about 35 miles off Point Loma, Calif., to test their new systems of
replenishing.
Underway training with the
Fleet Training Group, San Diego, commenced on 15 June. Following a call
at Sai Francisco, the ship returned to
Bremerton for replenishment-at-sea
trials, followed by post-shakedown
availability from 27 August through 9 October. The ship departed Long Beach on 28 November for her first WestPac
deployment.
On 9 December, two days
out of Pearl Harbor, Sacramento refueled Ticonderoga (CVA-14), Kearsarge (CVA-33),
and five destroyers. She then continued
on to Sasebo, Japan. Through this 175-day deployment, Sacramento provided in-port services; and, for four
months, replenished ships in the South China Sea. She serviced 294 ships, transferred 35 million gallons of fuel, 1,191 short tons of provisions, and 670
tons of ammunition. During this
period, she steamed over 39, 000
miles and called at Sasebo, Yokosuka, Hong Kong, and Pearl Harbor.
At the end of this
"maiden deployment," Sacramento returned to Long Beach and then continued on to Bremerton for yard availability, which ended on 16 August. Refresher training and the usual
preparations for sea preceded her second departure for WestPac on 14 October.
Arriving at Subic Bay on
the 28th, she became an integral part
of Task Force 73, the 7th Fleet replenishment and mobile logistics
support force. She then steamed to Yankee
Station off Vietnam's coast to begin duties on the replenishment line.
A typical cycle in
Vietnamese waters consisted of two
and one-half weeks on Yankee Station, a quick run back to Subic Bay for five or six days of in-port loading, then a return to station. This nine-month
deployment ended with Sacramento's
arrival at Seattle on 17 July
1966.
Sacramento stood out from Long Beach on 25 November to commence a third WestPac deployment and
resumed her Yankee Station cycle for
months of vital service before returning home. A fourth WestPac deployment commenced on 6 January 1968. After replenishing the 351st ship of that deployment on 15
June, she steamed for the west coast. From San Francisco, she proceeded
to Bremerton for her first regular yard overhaul
since commissioning.
From December 1968 to
February 1969, Sacramento underwent
the normal inspections, trials, and preparations for deployment. She
again steamed west on 11 February, arrived at
Subic Bay on the 28th, and five days
later headed for Yankee Station. This deployment saw Sacramento complete
471 replenishments while steaming over
51,000 miles. Upon returning home at the
end of September 1969, the ship spent three months in the Puget Sound
Naval Shipyard and then commenced
preparations for her next WestPac deployment.
Sacramento departed on her sixth WestPac deployment on 23 February 1970, after loading ammunition
at Bangor and fuel at Manchester. She
arrived in Subic Bay, P.I., on 15
March and, six days later, headed for Yankee Station. She continued
making trips between Subic Bay and Yankee
Station through August, taking time
out to visit Yokosuka in June, and Hong
Kong in July. On 5 September, she departed Subic Bay for San Diego, arriving on the 18th. Five days later,
she moved to Puget Sound for ammunition offload, a standdown period, and
restricted availability. The end of 1970 saw
her still at Puget Sound.
On 8 January 1971, she
sailed south to Long Beach, Seal
Beach, San Diego, and San Francisco. In February, she returned to Washington to load stores for her seventh WestPac deployment. She departed Bangor on
1 March and entered Subic Bay on the 20th. Four days later, Sacramento exited Subic Bay on her
first line swing of this tour. She
sailed back and forth between Subic
Bay and Yankee Station until 5 August, when she got underway for Sasebo, Japan, on the first leg of her voyage back to the United States. After stops
at Long Beach, Seal Beach, San Diego, and San Francisco, Sacramento entered
her new home port, Bremerton, Wash., on 2
September. She finished out 1971 on the
west coast, commencing overhaul at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard on 1
December.
Sacramento remained in Bremerton through early June 1972, when she began post-overhaul
operations off the west coast. This
employment continued until 11 August,
at which time she departed from Bangor, en route to Subic Bay. She replenished units of the 7th Fleet, off the coast of Vietnam, for the next six
and one-half months, finally departing
from Subic Bay on 23 March 1973. After visiting Yokosuka, Japan, she continued on to the United States, arriving at
Bremerton, Wash., on 16 April. For the remainder of the year, Sacramento
was active along the west coast.
The beginning of 1974
brought with it preparations for another overseas deployment. Sacramento
departed Seal Beach, Calif., in
February, and headed for the Far East
once again. As of June 1974, she was cruising the waters of the western Pacific in support of the 7th Fleet.
Sacramento earned 15 battle stars for service in the Vietnam
War.
[Note: The above USS SACRAMENTO (AOE-1) history may, or may not, contain text provided by crew members of the USS SACRAMENTO (AOE-1), or by other non-crew members, and text from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships]