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to continue her task of replenishing ships and troops. Replenishment cruises took her across the ocean to Hong Kong and
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Pacific Coast in 1966 until sailing for the western Pacific on 10 December. On the last day of 1966 she departed Yokosuka to resume underway replenishment operations supplying ships of the 7th Fleet fighting off Vietnam in 1967.
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Pacific and the waters off the coast of Vietnam, under the command of Captain
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Washington, D.C.. The ship returned to its home port for Christmas on 23 December 1967, the ship's first Christmas in the United States since 1949.
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ships and troops. For three years she shuttled between Sasebo and various at sea replenishment areas to effect cargo transfer, as well as making frequent stops along the
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operated almost continuously out of Sasebo supplying
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Yokosuka on 13 July. On the last day of July, she sailed for
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capitulation, she began a new task: bringing desperately needed provisions to the starving island and to
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made frequent stops at Formosa to provision American and
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under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 1610) at the
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Geared turbines, 1 shaft, 6,000 shp (4,474 kW)
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340:was commissioned at Baltimore on 28 October 1944.
1062:World War II auxiliary ships of the United States
1077:Vietnam War auxiliary ships of the United States
1072:Korean War auxiliary ships of the United States
348:After a brief shakedown along the East Coast,
1067:Cold War auxiliary ships of the United States
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755:List of auxiliaries of the United States Navy
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175:14,900 long tons (15,139 t) full load
550:forces as well as an enlarged 7th Fleet.
663:This article incorporates text from the
391:, reaching port on 18 August. With the
375:The refrigerator-cargo ship returned to
27:U.S. Navy war ship commissioned in 1944
185:468 ft 11 in (142.93 m)
31:
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309:was originally laid down in 1943 as
172:7,700 long tons (7,824 t) light
201:25 ft 11 in (7.90 m)
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1052:Ships built in Chickasaw, Alabama
639:for Korean War service and seven
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529:As the conflict ended with an
427:with home and discharge-bound
364:of provisions and returned to
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553:In the decade that followed,
322:Gulf Shipbuilding Corporation
284:to have this name. The name
106:by purchase, 19 February 1944
78:Gulf Shipbuilding Corporation
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229:319 officers and enlisted
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288:is another name for the
575:Gulf of Tonkin incident
330:Bethlehem Steel Company
152:General characteristics
193:63 ft (19 m)
18:USS Graffias (AF-29)
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681:navsource.org: USS
548:Chinese Nationalist
437:Bremerton Navy Yard
318:type (C2-S-E1) hull
315:Maritime Commission
795:Type C2-S-E1 ships
344:Initial operations
326:Chickasaw, Alabama
282:United States Navy
247:3"/50 caliber guns
241:5"/38 caliber guns
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251:12 × single
167:Displacement
128:battle stars
111:Commissioned
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87:1943, as SS
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846:Azalea City
645:Vietnam War
565:Vietnam War
476:Philippines
456:Wake Island
354:ServRon Ten
278:stores ship
245:4 × single
119:Honours and
1057:1943 ships
1041:Categories
651:References
596:per hour,
594:short tons
590:destroyers
573:after the
514:sailed to
506:Korean War
452:Korean War
429:passengers
387:sailed to
226:Complement
206:Propulsion
161:Store ship
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995:Topa Topa
927:Iberville
919:Iberville
911:Iberville
853:Bienville
815:Afoundria
807:Afoundria
647:service.
571:Subic Bay
539:7th Fleet
531:armistice
496:Hong Kong
464:Kwajalein
334:Baltimore
311:Topa Topa
137:(Vietnam)
89:Topa Topa
84:Laid down
904:Hastings
896:Fairport
888:Fairport
881:Fairland
874:Fairisle
838:Antinous
830:Antinous
743:Graffias
683:Graffias
633:Graffias
627:Graffias
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610:Graffias
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544:Graffias
535:Graffias
512:Graffias
500:Yokosuka
492:Shanghai
460:Eniwetok
448:Graffias
441:overhaul
417:Nagasaki
413:Wakayama
403:reached
401:Graffias
393:Japanese
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370:Graffias
350:Graffias
338:Graffias
307:Graffias
300:Scorpius
286:Graffias
266:Graffias
234:Armament
103:Acquired
95:Launched
68:Graffias
1018:Warrior
1011:Wacosta
965:Madaket
867:De Soto
559:Vietnam
526:coast.
488:Formosa
472:Okinawa
433:Seattle
405:Ominato
295:in the
268:(AF-29)
130:(Korea)
74:Builder
44:History
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736:Hyades
722:Hyades
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524:Korean
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484:Saipan
474:, the
468:Bikini
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419:, and
409:Honshū
381:Hawaii
358:Ulithi
275:-class
273:Hyades
182:Length
121:awards
958:Kyska
685:AF-29
362:cargo
253:20 mm
219:knots
214:Speed
198:Draft
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674:here
643:for
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439:for
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290:star
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264:USS
255:guns
239:1 ×
190:Beam
157:Type
144:Fate
66:USS
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