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
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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"

 

Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet ~ Benicia, California ~ Pre-2012

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 - ?

 

"Remembering the bay's Naval history before it floats away"
By Ashleyanne Krigbaum ~ KALW ~ Local Public Radio ~ 91.7 FM in San Francisco
March 6, 2013
http://www.kalw.org/post/remembering-bays-naval-history-it-floats-away

 

    


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