USS Hassayampa (AO-145) USNS Hassayampa (T-AO 145)

USS Hassayampa (AO-145)
United States Navy
15 April 1955 - 17 November 1978

Home Port Pearl Harbor, Hawaii

USNS Hassayampa (T-AO 145)
 Military Sealift Command
17 November 1978 - 2 October 1991
*************                                                                                                        "Cashmere Delta"
*************                                                                                                           "Humpin' Hass"
*************                                                                                          "Finest Oiler in the Fleet, she was."

1968

(click on the red-highlighted years for images of that year)

1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963
1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972
1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 ~
~ ~ 1981-1991 ~ 1990-1991 ~ ~
~ ~ Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet ~ ~

 

Change of Command Ceremonies - Capt. Julian Lake receives jug of "Pure Hassayampa Water"
from Capt. George Harrelson. March 10, 1968 (Hassayampa tradition during change of command ceremonies)

CAPT. George Harrelson 10/67-10/68 CAPT. Julian Lake 10/68-06/69
XO LCDR W. E. Richards 02/67-08/68 XO CDR T. G. Caston 08/68-02/70

Gunnery Officer - Navigator - Operations Officer Carlson M. LeGrand

Former Gunnery Officer, Navigator and Operations Officer of Hassayampa off the coast of South Vietnam, Carlson M. LeGrand went on to become Rear Admiral Carlson M. LeGrand and was the Navy’s former deputy judge advocate general, the second-highest legal officer in the Navy.

USS Hassayampa (AO-145) at anchor in Hong Kong Harbor February 1968

Crossing the Equator Ceremony, c. 1968, Davy Jones takes over the ship and hoists his flag

Crossing the Equator Ceremony, c. 1968, Pollywog initiation

(photos in this set courtesy of Chuck Snyder; QM2; USS Hassayampa (AO-145), 1967-1971)

USS Hassayampa (AO-145) off Oahu, c. 1968

USS Hassayampa refueling unidentified vessel to port, c. 1968

Photo taken from USS Fletcher (DD-455) while awaiting starboard replenishment station, c. 1968

Photo taken from USS Fletcher (DD-455) during underway replenishment, c. 1968

USS Hassayampa (AO-145) bow shot from USS Fletcher (DD-455), c. 1968

(Photos in this set courtesy of USS Fletcher (DD-445) 1968 by Earl Faubion, USS Fletcher webmaster)

 

USS Hassayampa (AO-145) at pier-side, Pearl Harbor, c. 1968

USS Hassayampa (AO-145) at pier-side, Pearl Harbor, c. 1968
(a little closer)

USS Hassayampa (AO-145) off Pearl Harbor, c. 1968

(Photos in this set courtesy of Richard Leonhardt)

Lt(jg) Gary Zupkas, USS Cabildo (LSD-16) (foreground), during
underway replenishment with USS Hassayampa (AO-145) in background c. 1968