The
LAST WWII T3 Oiler and the FIRST MSC Oiler ... Cimmeron Class Fleet Oiler: Laid down, 23 December 1943, as a Maritime Commission type
(T3-S2-A3) tanker hull,
at Bethlehem Steel Shipyard, Sparrows Point, MD. Launched, 10 July 1944
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.... USS
TALUGA AO-62
... International Radio Call Sign  NWOS November - Whiskey - Oscar - Sierra ... Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons  . Personnel Awards  Purple Heart (12-WIA, 16 April 1945) |
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Complement: Officers - 22
Enlisted - 291
......Specifications: Length
553' Beam 75' Draft
32' Speed 18.3 kts.
(trial)
...Cargo Capacity: NSFO
- 123,700 Bbls
Gasoline - 788,000 Gals Fuel
Capacity 15,000 Bbls
Propulsion: 2
Bethlehem Steel geared turbines, 4
Foster and Wheeler K-type boilers, double Falk Main
Reduction Gear, twin propellers,
13,500shp ...
...Ship's Service Generators: 2 turbo-drive 400Kw 230V A.C. and 1 Diesel-drive 150Kw 230V A.C. |
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During WWII USSTaluga was assigned to Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaigns: Leyte operation
Leyte landings, October 1944 3rd Fleet supporting
operations Okinawa Attack, October 1944
Luzon operation 3rd Fleet supporting operations - Formosa attacks, January 1945 Okinawa Gunto operation Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, March to June 1945 3rd Fleet operations against Japan July to August 1945 ... |
| Taluga; A
river in
Florida Almost: A Nation in the Pacific ... 
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... USS Hancock CVA-19 
1945 Ship Photos... |
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