USS Hassayampa (AO-145) USNS Hassayampa (T-AO 145) - "Finest Oiler in the Fleet, she was"


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."

USS Neosho (AO) Class Tankers Underway

Typical underway replenishment by the six Neosho class tankers

USS Neosho (AO-143)
USS Mississinewa (AO-144)
USS Hasaayampa (AO-145)

USS Kawishiwi (AO-146)
USS Truckee (AO-147)
USS Ponchatoula (AO-148)

USS Neosho (AO-143) refueling USS Lake Champlain (CV 39) to port; USS Purdy (DD 734) to starboard

USS Mississinewa (AO-144) refueling USS Essex (CVS-9) to port; USS Joseph K Taussig (DE-1030) to starboard

USS Hassayampa (AO-145) refueling USS Constellation (CV-64) to port; USS Richard B. Anderson (DD-786) to starboard
c. 1964

USS Kawishiwi (AO-146) refueling USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63) to port; USS Turner Joy (DD-951) to starboard

USS Truckee (AO-147) refueling USS Little Rock (CLG-4) to port; USS Columbus (CG-12) to starboard

USS Ponchatoula (AO-148) refueling USS Enterprise (CVN-65) to port; USS Arnold Isabell (DD-869) coming to starboard