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."

Welcome to
USS Hassayampa (AO-145) / USNS Hassayampa (T-AO 145) Photo Album

DVD (30 meg) taken from USS CONSTELLATION (CVA-64) depicting
portions of HASSAYAMPA and USS VOGELGESANG (DD-862)
underway replenishment ~ circa. May 1966

(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 ~ ~

         

Ribbons and
Awards

A description of ribbons and awards received by Hassayampa and her crews...........

USS Neosho Tankers

Photos of the six USS Neosho Class tankers during underway replenishment exercises.

USNS Neosho Tankers

Photos of the six USNS Neosho Class tankers underway.

Home Port
Pearl Harbor

A few images of Pearl Harbor, back when, and a few showing how it looks today.

Hassayampa To
The Rescue

Memos and photos re: rescue of Vietnamese refugees by USS Barbel (SS-580) and transfer of survivors to USNS Hassayampa (T-AO 145) for subsequent transfer to Singapore (c. 1982); additionally, a memorial to Barbel.

Gemini VIII

"...Hassayampa returned to homeport Pearl Harbor 16 December 1965, thence serving as a recovery logistic ship during the Gemini 8 space shot in mid-March and the Gemini 9 space shot in early-June 1966...."

Hassayampa
and the
Apollo 11
Mission

"....While continuing her service in the Western Pacific, Hassayampa served as replenishment vessel during the Apollo 11 recovery mission where she was on hand for replenishment duties for USS Hornet (CVS-12) and support vessels. On 22 July 1969, Hassayampa refueled USS Hornet (CVS-12) just prior to Hornet's recovery of the Apollo 11 space capsule. The Apollo 11 mission was the first manned mission to land on the Moon.  Hornet's deck log shows this occurring on July 22, 1969, about 36 hours before Hornet picked up the Apollo 11 astronauts and crew fresh from their lunar excursion...."

USS Arizona
'Memorial'

A tribute to USS Arizona including image of Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto aboard Japanese Battleship IJN_Nagato. Also includes webmaster's tribute to USS Arizona sailor Ronald William Kiehn, MM2 from California, cousin to the Kuehn brothers who served on board USS Hassayampa 1960-1965

Kamehameha
Legacy

A page reflecting The Kamehameha Dynasty

'The Pali'

Photos reflecting The Pali & windward-side driving, back when....

'Waikiki'

Photos reflecting Waikiki Beach and Diamond Head, back when...........

'First Call'

A synopsis of thought behind Hassayampa's initial reunion assemblage...........

First-Ever
Reunion 2002

A report on Hassayampa's initial reunion of former shipmates...........

BNS Wielingen
(F-910)

Photos reflecting Belgian Navy Ship BNS Wielingen F-910 receiving fuel and supplies during underway replenishment operations in the Persian Gulf during the Gulf crisis in 1991 - [Operation Southern Breeze (7 January - 17 June 1991)] - from American fleet oiler USNS Hassayampa T-AO 145, Australian fleet oiler HMAS Westralia AO-195, Italian fleet oiler A5329 Vesuvio, British fleet oiler RFA Bayleaf A109 and American fast combat support ship USS Camden AOE-2

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