USS Hassayampa (AO-145)                   

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

Home Port Pearl Harbor, Hawaii

November - Lima - Gulf - Alpha
N L G A

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

1968
USS Hassayampa (AO-145)
USNS Hassayampa (T-AO 145)

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

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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 U.S. 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

USS Hassayampa (AO-145) refueling USS Constellation (CVA-64) March 12, 1968

 

USS Hassayampa (AO-145) refueling USS Constellation (CVA-64) March 12, 1968

USS Hassayampa (AO-145) refueling unidentified destroyer March 12, 1968

 

    


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