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."

1970

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CAPT Jack E. Waits 06/69-10/70
XO CDR T. G. Caston 08/68-02/70 XO CDR David E. Sigsworth 02/70-08/71

USS Hassayampa (AO-145) refueling USS Bon Homme Richard (CVA-31) c. 1970

USS Hassayampa (AO-145) moored alongside USS Repose (AH-16)
Alava Pier, Subic Bay, Philippines c. 1970

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

USS Hassayampa ( AO-145) replenishing USS Coral Sea (CV-43) to port
and unidentified destroyer to starboard, c. 1970

USS Hassayampa ( AO-145) replenishing USS Belknap (DLG-26/CG-26) to port
and USS Orlec (DD-886) to starboard;  February 1970

Images from USS Belknap (DLG-26/CG-26) 69-70 Cruise Book
Photos taken February 1970 in the Tonkin Gulf. Imagery provided by
Dick Rentner (CWO4 USN Ret.) Sonar Maintenance Officer, USS Belknap,
Safety Officer for the Aft Refueling Station.

On 22 November 1975, USS BELKNAP (DLG-26/CG-26) was severely damaged in a collision at sea with USS JOHN F. KENNEDY (CV 67) which cost the lives of eight Navy personnel and injured forty-eight others. BELKNAP was lead ship of her class of guided missile cruisers in the United States Navy.

The mishap occurred on 22 November 1975 in heavy weather off the coast of Sicily. A fire broke out on BELKNAP following the collision, and during the fire her aluminum superstructure was melted, burned and gutted to the deck level. Seven personnel were killed on BELKNAP and one on KENNEDY.

BELKNAP pre-collision BELKNAP post-collision

     

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