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USS Schuylkill

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toward the California coast. Steaming singly, she zigzagged her way across the Pacific and arrived at San Pedro on the morning of 17 May for an overhaul, repairs, and alterations. On 13 July, during post-repair sea trials, the replenisher oiler suffered an engine breakdown and was towed back to the
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received a large V-shaped hole on her starboard side. She immediately pumped about 25,000 US gallons (95,000 L) of fresh water from the fore peak tank and transferred cargo oil from forward to after tanks to raise her bow. Unable to proceed until her bulkheads were shored up, the oiler fueled
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on 27 April. Reacquired by the Navy on 30 January 1948 and assigned to the Military Sea Transport Service on 1 October 1949, the replenisher oiler served in waters ranging from the northern Pacific to the
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five ships while stopped. After temporary repair, she was able to get underway at 4 knots; and, as the fueling of more vessels raised the hole further above her water line, she doubled her speed. In all,
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and launched on 16 February 1943. Delivered on 27 February 1943, converted to Navy use, and commissioned at Baltimore, Maryland, on 9 April 1943.
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continued her service to the nation by her participation in the Arctic resupply operations in 1957. The replenisher oiler also served off
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carried out her scheduled fuel replenishment duty until relief tankers arrived three days later. Then, her task done, she and
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delivered 30,748 barrels (4,888.5 m) of fuel oil on that day, earning a "well done" from the task group commander.
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departed Aleutian waters on 20 July and, from 1 to 10 September, fueled ships of a task group preparing to attack the
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on 1 August, got underway for the western Carolines on the 3d and arrived at Ulithi on the 15th. Five days later,
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The ship was laid down under a Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 306) on 24 September 1943 by the
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until 1 November when she headed for the west coast. She arrived at San Francisco on 13 November.
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remained in the Pacific except for transiting the Panama Canal in June 1955 for service in the
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during the Luzon landings from 28 December 1944 to 28 January 1945, and participated in the
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On the 16th, she got underway for the Marshalls, arriving at Eniwetok on 23 September.
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departed Norfolk on 20 May 1943, picked up her first cargo of fuel at
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At 0434 on 10 September, while maneuvering in a hazy half-light,
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was decommissioned on 14 February 1946 and turned over to the
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got underway as part of a unit of the 3rd Fleet and entered
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Turbo-electric, single screw, 8,000 hp (5,966 kW)
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on 31 March 1986, disposed of by Maritime Administration (
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Ships built by the Sun Shipbuilding & Drydock Company
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departed San Pedro on 25 July, picked up cargo oil at
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harbor for repairs which were completed on 23 July.
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She operated in support of the 683: 48: 33: 357:operations off the east coast, 254:140,000 barrels (22,000 m) 27:Oiler of the United States Navy 1: 699:. The entry can be found 503:on 15 September for repairs. 349:World War II, 1943–1945 611:, making several voyages to 615:. 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597:Persian Gulf 587: 586: 564: 562: 553: 550:Pearl Harbor 545: 544: 534: 532: 507: 505: 490: 483: 478: 474: 470: 465: 459: 451: 449: 428: 412: 411: 402: 390: 374: 367:Panama Canal 358: 352: 331: 318: 311: 305: 303: 302: 199:Displacement 188: 165:battle stars 123:9 April 1943 120:Commissioned 65: 3390:Trailblazer 3355:Swan Island 3348:Stony Point 3341:Stony Creek 3306:Schenectady 3264:Pulpit Rock 3250:Pipe Spring 3236:Pilot Butte 3229:Pequot Hill 3124:Laurel Hill 3096:Idaho Falls 3061:Grand Teton 3005:Fort Sumter 2956:Fort George 2914:Forbes Road 2879:Donner Lake 2872:Crater Lake 2809:Casa Grande 2802:Camp Namanu 2788:Bladensburg 2774:Beacon Rock 2767:Battle Rock 2609:Ticonderoga 2588:Spring Hill 2546:Seven Pines 2525:Sandy Creek 2518:San Pasqual 2511:San Antonio 2315:Mill Spring 2238:Lake George 2084:Gaines Mill 2077:Front Royal 1916:Esso Camden 1888:Crown Point 1816:Chickamauga 1788:Charlestown 1781:Chapultepec 1746:Cerro Gordo 1732:Cedar Creek 1676:Bunker Hill 1662:Buena Vista 1367:White River 1346:Wahoo Swamp 1311:Spirit Lake 1290:Sappa Creek 1269:Rogue River 1220:Pawnee Rock 1136:Grand River 1129:Golden Hill 1094:Evans Creek 1066:Cedar Mills 863:Sappa Creek 856:Cedar Creek 605:Bremerhaven 599:, and from 497:Admiralties 456:sister ship 452:Schuylkill' 437:Wake Island 395:Unimak Pass 377:sailed for 373:on 4 June, 323:fleet oiler 3503:1943 ships 3487:Categories 3453:Wolf Creek 3397:Tumacacori 3369:The Dalles 3362:Table Rock 3334:Smoky Hill 3327:Silverpeak 3257:Plattsburg 3194:Northfield 3173:New London 3152:Mesa Verde 3082:Hood River 3054:Grand Mesa 2984:Fort Meigs 2963:Fort Henry 2886:Egg Harbor 2865:Coulee Dam 2795:Brookfield 2714:Winchester 2700:Whitehorse 2679:Wauhatchie 2595:Stillwater 2553:Sharpsburg 2490:Sag Harbor 2476:Ridgefield 2441:Port Royal 2420:Pine Bluff 2413:Perryville 2378:New Market 2217:Kittanning 2168:Hubbardton 2098:Gettysburg 2091:Germantown 2070:Frenchtown 1993:Five Forks 1965:Esso Utica 1881:Cross Keys 1830:Churubusco 1655:Brandywine 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2455:Princeton 2259:Louisburg 2245:Lone Jack 2231:Lake Erie 2203:Kernstown 1909:Edge Hill 1867:Corsicana 1853:Contreras 1845:Conastoga 1837:Conastoga 1774:Chantilly 1704:Caribbean 1683:Bushy Run 1571:Allatoona 1448:Elk Hills 1408:Marinship 1381:Wood Lake 1339:Wagon Box 1304:Skull Bar 1241:Pit River 1213:Palo Duro 1164:Julesburg 1157:Horseshoe 1143:Hat Creek 1101:Fort Pitt 1087:Crow Wing 968:Arickaree 842:Chepachet 821:Saugatuck 807:Millicoma 625:San Diego 601:Baltimore 558:Tokyo Bay 512:3rd Fleet 479:Millicoma 460:Millicoma 445:Carolines 383:San Pedro 355:shakedown 312:Louisburg 291:4 × twin 284:4 × twin 96:Laid down 3411:Umatilla 2893:El Morro 2851:Coquille 2844:Champoeg 2651:Valverde 2532:Santiago 2371:New Hope 2343:Monocacy 2336:Monmouth 2301:McDowell 2294:Mauvilla 2280:Manassas 2119:Groveton 2105:Glorieta 2021:Fort Lee 1697:Cantigny 1669:Bull Run 1038:Callabee 982:Autossee 835:Cossatot 786:Tallulah 569:fuel oil 528:Iwo Jima 484:Waterman 441:Marianas 399:Unalaska 314:, was a 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501:Manus 403:Haida 293:20 mm 286:40 mm 244:knots 239:Speed 223:Draft 3467:York 701:here 518:and 488:and 435:and 304:USS 278:4 × 272:1 × 215:Beam 185:Type 172:Fate 64:USS 61:Name 603:to 336:of 262:253 242:15 3489:: 627:. 571:, 447:. 409:. 389:. 329:. 163:7 88:, 914:e 907:t 900:v 756:e 749:t 742:v 703:. 20:)

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USS Schuylkill (AO-76)
USS Schuylkill (AO-76) underway at sea on 17 April 1943
Schuylkill River
Sun Shipbuilding & Drydock Co.
Chester, Pennsylvania
IMO number
7737444
battle stars
replenishment oiler
knots
5"/38 caliber gun
3"/50 caliber guns
40 mm
20 mm
Type T2-SE-A1
fleet oiler
United States Navy
Sun Shipbuilding & Drydock Co.
Chester, Pennsylvania
shakedown
Baytown, Texas
Panama Canal
Balboa
Seattle
San Pedro
Aleutian Islands
Unimak Pass
Unalaska
Gulf of Alaska
Gilbert Islands

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