Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet ~ Benicia, California
Hassayampa bow section
Hassayampa Pilot House
Suisun Bay Super Six
Ponchatoula, Pyro, Kawishiwi, Hassayampa, Mispillian, Unknown LST
Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet ~ Benicia, California ~ As seen from a satellite
Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet ~ Benicia, California ~ As seen from a satellite ~ closer image
Hassayampa is one of ships portside of battleship USS Iowa (BB-61) in Row Five
Hassayampa is one of ships portside of battleship USS Iowa (BB-61) in Row Five
(from the top)
USS Iowa (BB-61)
USS Proteus (AS-19)
USS Cimarron (AO-177)
USS Wabash (AOR-5)
USS Roanoke (AOR-7)
USNS Andrew J. Higgins (T-AO 190)
USS Wichita (AOR-1)
USS Nereus (AO-17)
USNS Ponchatoula (T-AO 148)
USS Pyro (AE-24)
USNS Kawishiwi (T-AO 146)
USNS Hassayampa (T-AO 145)
USS Mispillion (AO-105)
| Close-up of ships of the US National Defense Reserve Fleet laid-up in Suisun Bay, California
(USA) prior to August 2005. The following ships are visible (left to right):
USS Wahkiakum County (LST-1162)
(bow only visible),
removed 24 August 2005 and scrapped
USNS Mispillion (T-AO-105)
USNS Hassayampa (T-AO-145)
USNS Kawishiwi (T-AO-146)
USS Pyro (AE-24), scrapped
USNS Ponchatoula (T-AO-148)
USS Nereus (AS-17)
USS Wichita (AOR-1)
USS Kansas City (AOR-3)
USS Roanoke (AOR-7)
USS Wabash (AOR-5)
USS Cimarron (AO-177)
USS Proteus (IX-518/AS-19), scrapped 2007
USS Iowa (BB-61) |
Hughes Mining Barge on the left, along with the tankers Mispillion, Hassayampa, Kawishiwi and Ponchatoula.
Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet May 2009
Hassayampa
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Patrick A. Moloney, former Master
USNS Hassayampa (T-AO 145)
April 1984 - December 1988
Relief Master
July 1991
Currently, Master
National Liberty Ship Memorial
S.S. Jeremiah O'Brien
docked at Pier 45, Fisherman's Wharf, San Francisco, California
(S.S. Jeremiah O'Brien often tours the Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet)
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In 1994 the O'Brien, in its eighth voyage, (the previous seven were during WWII) steamed through the Golden Gate, down the west coast, through the Panama Canal, and across the Atlantic to England and France, where the O'Brien and its crew (a volunteer crew of veteran WWII-era sailors and a few cadets from the California Maritime Academy), participated in the 50th Anniversary of Operation Overlord, the allied invasion at Normandy that turned the tide of WWII in Europe . . . the only large ship from the original Normandy flotilla to return for the 50th anniversary celebration.
The SS Jeremiah O'Brien was designated a National Historic Landmark, and is docked at Pier 45 at Fisherman's Wharf, San Francisco, California. It also hosts the amateur radio station K6JOB
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