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."

1987

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USNS Hassayampa (T-AO 145) pierside, Subic Bay, Philippines February 1987

USNS Hassayampa (T-AO 145) refueling USS Midway (CV-41) April 1987
USNS Kiluea (T-AE 26) in background

USNS Hassayampa (T-AO 145), Indian Ocean, operating with Battle Group Echo, c. 1987

 

USNS Hassayampa (T-AO 145) c. 1987, Indian Ocean
Photos taken by Capt. Pat Moloney during motor whale boat approach exercises

 

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USNS Hassayampa (T-AO 145) refueling USS Ranger (CV-61) to port and USS Shasta (AE-33) to starboard
27 September 1987

USNS Hassayampa (T-AO 145) refueling USS Ranger (CV-61) to port and USS Shasta (AE-33) to starboard
27 September 1987

USNS Hassayampa (T-AO 145) refueling USS Ranger (CV-61) to port and USS Shasta (AE-33) to starboard
USS Long Beach (CGN-9) in starboard waiting position
27 September 1987

USS Shasta (AE-33) breaking away from starboard after UNREP
Battlegroup Echo, 27 September 1987

Battle Group Echo in formation ~ November 1, 1987
USNS Hassayampa (T-AO 145) is the last ship on the far starboard column from USS Ranger (CV-61)

(From the left, aft to forward)
Column 1: USNS Hassayampa (T-AO-145), USS Leftwich (DD-984), USS Hoel (DDG-13);
Column 2: USS Kansas City (AOR-3), USS Bunker Hill (CG-52), USS Robert E. Peary (FF-1073); 
Column 3: USS Long Beach (CGN-9), USS Ranger (CV-61), USS Missouri (BB-63);
Column 4: USS Wichita (AOR-1), USS Gridley (CG-21), USS Curts (FFG-38);
Column 5: USS Shasta (AE-33), USS John Young (DD-973), USS Buchanan (DDG-14)

Battle Group Echo in formation ~ November 1, 1987
USNS Hassayampa (T-AO 145) is the last ship on the far starboard column from USS Ranger (CV-61)

(From starboard, aft to forward)
(click here for a 1600 x 1280 px image)
Column 1: USNS Hassayampa (T-AO-145), USS Leftwich (DD-984), USS Hoel (DDG-13);
Column 2: USS Kansas City (AOR-3), USS Bunker Hill (CG-52), USS Robert E. Peary (FF-1073); 
Column 3: USS Long Beach (CGN-9), USS Ranger (CV-61), USS Missouri (BB-63);
Column 4: USS Wichita (AOR-1), USS Gridley (CG-21), USS Curts (FFG-38);
Column 5: USS Shasta (AE-33), USS John Young (DD-973), USS Buchanan (DDG-14)

Battle Group Echo in formation ~ November 1, 1987
USNS Hassayampa (T-AO 145) is the last ship on the far starboard column from USS Ranger (CV-61)

(From starboard, aft to forward)
(click here for a 1600 x 1280 px image)
Column 1: USNS Hassayampa (T-AO-145), USS Leftwich (DD-984), USS Hoel (DDG-13);
Column 2: USS Kansas City (AOR-3), USS Bunker Hill (CG-52), USS Robert E. Peary (FF-1073); 
Column 3: USS Long Beach (CGN-9), USS Ranger (CV-61), USS Missouri (BB-63);
Column 4: USS Wichita (AOR-1), USS Gridley (CG-21), USS Curts (FFG-38);
Column 5: USS Shasta (AE-33), USS John Young (DD-973), USS Buchanan (DDG-14)

Battle Group Echo conducting fleur de lis ship movement ~ November 1, 1987

Inner port column turning 15 degrees to port

Outer port column turning 30 degrees to port

Center column bearing 0 degrees relative

Inner starboard column turning 15 degrees to starboard

Outer starboard column turning 30 degrees to starboard

 

Battle Group Echo c. 1987

The 1987 COMCARGRU 1 / Battle Group Echo deployment to the Arabian Sea included USS Ranger (CV-61), USS Missouri (BB-63); USNS Hassayampa (T-AO 145), USS Leftwich (DD-984), USS Hoel (DDG-13); USS Kansas City (AOR-3), USS Bunker Hill (CG-52), USS Robert E. Peary (FF-1073); USS Long Beach (CGN-9), USS Wichita (AOR-1) , USS Gridley (CG-21), USS Curts (FFG-38); USS Shasta (AE-33), USS John Young (DD-973) and USS Buchanan (DDG-14)

During the 1987 Indian Ocean deployment the USS Missouri Battle Group was combined
into the USS Ranger Battle Group Echo and became Joint Task Force 200

USNS Hassayampa (T-AO 145) refuels USS Shasta (AE-33) to starboard and USS Ranger (CV-61) to port
as part of Battle Group Echo c. 1987

USS Missouri (BB-63) approaching to port, November 1987
(Click image to enlarge to 1455 x 1044)

USS Missouri (BB-63) departing to port, November 1987
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USNS Hassayampa (T-AO 145) refueling USS Missouri (BB-63) to port
and USS Leftwich (DD 984) to starboard
USS Ford (FFG-54)in foreground November 1987

USNS Hassayampa (T-AO 145) refueling USS Missouri (BB-63) to port
and USS Leftwich (DD 984) to starboard
USS Ford (FFG-54)in foreground November 1987

USNS Hassayampa (T-AO 145) refueling USS Missouri (BB-63) to port
with USS Leftwich (DD-984) approaching Hassayampa to starboard
USS Ford (FFG-54)in foreground November 1987

USNS Hassayampa (T-AO 145) (in background) refueling USS Missouri (BB-63) to port
and USS Bunker Hill (CG-52) to starboard
USS Leftwich (DD-984) in foreground, awaiting UNREP, November 1987

USNS Hassayampa (T-AO 145) conducting replenishment operations
with an SH-60B Sea Hawk helicopter; November 1987

USNS Hassayampa (T-AO 145) replenishing USNS SIOUX (T-ATF 170)
Vicinity Red Sea, Fall 1987

     

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