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	USS Kennebec
		the fleet oiler arrived New Orleans 27 February and commenced oil runs from Gulf ports to depots along the Atlantic coast and supplying the fleet from Brazil to Newfoundland with vital fuel oil, kerosene, diesel oil, and aviation gasoline.
		The fleet oiler arrived off French Morocco 7 November and operated with a carrier formation near the coast, remaining there until the landings were completed.
		The fleet oiler returned to New York 13 February and commenced regular runs from Gulf and Atlantic ports to North Africa and the Caribbean.
	www.hazegray.org /danfs/auxil/ao36.htm (1070 words)

	Kennebec
		The fleet oiler arrived New Orleans 27 February and commenced oil runs from Gulf ports to depots along the Atlantic coast and South America.
		Kennebec was almost constantly at sea, supplying the fleet from Brazil to Newfoundland with vital fuel oil, kerosene, diesel oil, and aviation gasoline.
		The oiler returned Norfolk 28 May and resumed coastal fuel runs until 20 July when she departed Galveston, Tex., for the Pacific.
	www.history.navy.mil /danfs/k2/kennebec-ii.htm (1078 words)

	Fleet / Replenishment Oilers - AO (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Fleet / Replenishment Oilers - AO Ashtabula AO 51 - class
		Fleet Oilers - AO Fleet oilers operate as a unit of an underway replenishment group, replenishing petroleum products and ordnance to the fleet at sea during underway replenishments (UNREPS).
		The oilers transport bulk petroleum and lubricants from depots to the ships of the battle group.
	navysite.de /ao/index.html (113 words)

	HyperWar: Beans, Bullet and Black Oil [Chapter 28]
		Speed of of oiler group during the night was set so as to make contact with the fueling group one or two hours prior to rendezvous.
		Fleet tugs operated as part of the logistic train to render salvage service to damaged vessels by towing them to places where repairs could be made.
		Fleet oiler schedules were established prior to sortie from Ulithi.
	www.ibiblio.org /hyperwar/USN/BBBO/BBBO-28.html (5022 words)

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		Fleet Oilers were the gas stations of the fleet, transferring their cargo to other ships while at sea in an operation called Underway Replenishment, or the UNREP detail.
		However, without the Fleet Oilers the Task Groups and Task Forces of the Navy would have been severely limited in their range of operations and the time they could stay at sea.
		Fleet Oilers were "working" ships, and work we did.
	www.geocities.com /mizzen_1999/main.html (443 words)

	Moments in History - Naval Order of the United States (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The fueling was begun during the forenoon watch on the l7th and became increasingly difficult because of a rising swell and winds approaching 30 knots.
		As the fleet and the typhoon moved toward each other in the early hours of 18 December, the weather worsened precipitously (Halsey told the Court of Inquiry that, at 0400, he was aware "for the first time" that the Third Fleet "was confronted with serious storm conditions").
		The ships were now widely spread and the course chosen by fleet oiler USS Mascoma (AO-83) took her through the eye of the typhoon.
	www.navalorder.org /history (2926 words)

	Our Fleet
		In the fleet, the Captain (or Master) supervises the entire ship's operation from the pilothouse, which is the communications and navigation center of the ship.
		The Oiler assists the Engineers by circulating through all the machinery spaces, ensuring that everything is operating correctly.
		This Ferry Fleet Guide is designed to answer the questions we are most frequently asked about our fleet.
	www.wsdot.wa.gov /ferries/your_wsf/our_fleet (281 words)

	HyperWar: Beans, Bullet and Black Oil [Chapter 17]
		The introduction of this large merchant reefer ship was of great significance for future logistic support of fleet operations, as she was the first of her type to be used for fleet issues.
		To replenish fleet oilers, the Area Petroleum Office of ComServPac arranged for the delivery at Manus of approximately 1,000,00 barrels of fuel, and in September sent 1,250,000 barrels to Marshalls bases, 4,150,000 to Manus, 500,000 to South Pacific bases, and 1,000,000 to Pearl.
		In addition to the fleet tugs and salvage vessels with the landing forces, several LCI's in each attack force were quipped with towlines and salvage and fire-fighting equipment for assisting damaged landing craft.
	www.ibiblio.org /hyperwar/USN/BBBO/BBBO-17.html (5428 words)

	History for USS Manatee AO-58
		The oilers moving at night to rendezvous with the carriers, refueled them within 200 miles of the enemy's coastline and then retired.
		The oiler soon again departed the west coast for the Far East, returning to the western Pacific at the end of November to support the occupation operations.
		There she was re-equipped for fueling at sea and again became a fleet oiler to support the pleet in operations to thwart Communist aggression in Korea.
	www.military.com /HomePage/UnitPageHistory/1,13506,720526\|778103,00.html (1017 words)

	USNS Guadalupe Replenishes Subs at Sea (Site not responding. Last check: )
		A dramatic new role emerged for Guadalupe in March when she was directed to the 5th Fleet theater of operations.
		The solution: Each pallet had to be divided into 30- to 40-pound increments, packed in mailbags and transported from the oiler to the submarines via Guadalupe's rigid hull inflatable rescue boats.
		Guadalupe is one of 14 fleet oilers operated by the Navy's Military Sealift Command, the ocean transportation provider for the Department of Defense.
	www.news.navy.mil /search/display.asp?story_id=7057 (565 words)

	USS Ashtabula History
		Fleet oiler (AO 51) was laid down on October 1, 1942 as maritime commission hull number 717.
		USS ASHTABULA is the first ship of the fleet to be named in the honor of the ASHTABULA River in the State of Ohio.
		On April 23rd, 1964 she became a Golde Shellback crossing the equator exactly at the International Dateline enroute to Australia, ASHTABULA conducted the first underway replenishment during the Vietnam conflict when she refueled the USS MADDOX only a few hours after MADDOX was attached by North Vietnamese Torpedo Boats.
	www.ussashtabula.com /history.html (1239 words)

	Royal Australian Navy Logistics Support 'Success' in 7th Fleet (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Operating with the 7th Fleet Combat Logistics Force, Success is providing critical underway replenishment support to U.S. Navy ships throughout the Southeast Asia and Indian Ocean regions.
		During its deployment as part of the 7th Fleet Logistics Force from Oct. 1 through mid-November, Her Majesty’s Australian Ship HMAS Success delivered two million gallons of fuel and 120 pallets of material to six U.S. Navy combatants operating in 7th Fleet’s Area of Responsibility.
		CTF 73 is the operational commander for more than 40 Naval Fleet Auxiliary Force, preposition and special mission ships, and coordinates the replenishment of food, ordnance, fuel and supplies for ships operating throughout 7th Fleet.
	www.navy.mil /search/display.asp?story_id=16054 (414 words)

	uboat.net - Allied Ships hit by U-boats - USS Laramie (AO 16) (Fleet oiler)
		On 19 Jun, 1922, the oiler was decommissioned at Norfolk.
		On 26 Jun, 1940, the USS Laramie (AO 16) was recommissioned at Philadelphia under the command of Cdr James J. Hughes and went to the Brooklyn Navy Yard for alternations.
		Between January and June, the oiler made six runs to Baton Rouge to transport fuel oil to Norfolk and Bermuda.
	www.uboat.net /allies/merchants/2101.html (673 words)

	USS Neches
		During service with the Atlantic Fleet, she performed fleet fuel duties along the East Coast, participated in tactical exereises, carried mail, and towed targets.
		She participated in and helped develop fleet taeties, fueled the fleet, and supplied oil and gasoline to bases in the Canal Zone, Caribbean, and Hawaii.
		The oiler was underway from San Diego to Pearl Harbor when the Japanese attacked that base.
	www.multied.com /navy/oiler/neches.html (367 words)

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		The attacks on Pearl Harbor and Singapore were designed to neutralize the American and British Fleets in order to allow the unfettered seizure of the desired natural resources, to be followed by a negotiated peace.
		Station the fleet near the Dutch East Indies, close to the fuel source but far from the home islands or bring the oil to the home islands and the fleet.
		Initially the submarine force was used as an adjunct of the fleet, with the goal of attriting the Japanese fleet.
	www.steelnavy.com /HPTatekawaMaru.htm (1136 words)

	Honolulu Star-Bulletin Local News
		Sylvester is the first officer on the 677-foot oiler -- the sixth of 16 Henry J. Kaiser-class ships that deliver petroleum, oil, water and lubricants to Navy vessels at sea.
		The Ericsson is one of six civilian-crewed oilers which are crucial links of the Pacific Fleet's at-sea refueling program.
		It is one of three Military Sealift Command oilers recently reactivated to replace five Navy oilers that are being decommissioned.
	starbulletin.com /1999/01/18/news/story3.html (560 words)

	USS Hassayampa
		In June she joined the 1st Fleet at San Francisco to participate in the celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the cruise of the Great White Fleet around the world.
		In September Hassayampa, as part of America's flexible power afloat, deployed with the 7th Fleet to prevent invasion Or Chinese airshore islands and convoyed Nationalist transports during the Quemoy-Matsu Crisis.
		As a fleet oiler, Hassayampa operated out of Pearl Harbor into mid-1967 to maintain her peak readiness and efficiency while preparing to further support the 7th Fleet off troubled Southeast Asia.
	www.multied.com /navy/oiler/hassayampa.html (499 words)

	oiler - OneLook Dictionary Search
		Oiler, oiler : LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus [home, info]
		Phrases that include oiler: durance class replenishment oiler, escambia-class fleet oiler, escambia-class fleet replenishment oiler, fleet oiler, fleet replenishment oiler, more...
		Words similar to oiler: tanker, oil tanker, sharif, tank ship, more...
	www.onelook.com /?w=oiler&ls=a (236 words)

	Honolulu Star-Bulletin Local News
		For the first time in two decades, merchant mariner Robert Sylvester will be able to savor the luxury of going home to his family in Kaneohe each night that his ship is in port.
		In addition, civilian crews will be able to spend an estimated 270 days at sea, compared with the 180-day average of crews on standard Navy oilers, she added.
		Besides the Cimarron, which was taken out of service in December, and the Willamette, which will be decommissioned in April, the Navy is retiring the Merrimack, the Platte and the Monongahela in the Atlantic.
	www.starbulletin.com /1999/01/18/news/story3.html (560 words)

	History for USS Sacramento - AOE 1
		USS SACRAMENTO is the third ship to bear the name of the capital city and river in the State of California.
		The supplies are moved horizontally by a fleet of 33 fork trucks of various types and sizes which allow breakout, positioning and stowage of cargo and ammunition with efficiency.
		In a cost savings move the USS SACRAMENTO is scheduled to be decommissioned in October 2004 instead of extending her life with a yard overhaul.
	www.military.com /HomePage/UnitPageHistory/1,13506,201812\|775771,00.html (557 words)

	After a six-year deployment, Pecos heads home (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Without missing a step, MSC fleet oiler USNS Walter S. Diehl arrived in the region to take Pecos' place on Nov. 30.
		Over a period of six years, the fleet oiler transported and delivered bulk petroleum products and dry cargo to battle groups and other operating forces at sea in the Western Pacific.
		Pecos and Diehl are two of 12 fleet oilers operated by Military Sealift Command as part of its Naval Fleet Auxiliary Force.
	www.fas.org /man/dod-101/sys/ship/docs/971208-press68.htm (390 words)

	missinewa
		Tjilatjap then became the oiler's base until her cargo fuel tanks were empty.
		As the American and Japanese fleets sought each other out in the opening maneuvers of the climactic Battle of the Coral Sea on 6 May, Neosho fueled Yorktown (CV-5) and Astoria (CA-34), then retired from the carrier force with a lone escort, Sims (DD-409).
		Next day at 1000, Japanese aircraft spotted the two ships, and believing them to be a carrier and her escort, launched the first of two attacks which sank Sims and left Neosho, victim of 7 direct hits and a suicide dive by one of the bombers, ablaze aft and in danger of breaking in two.
	canisteo.freeservers.com /missinewa.htm (1147 words)

	Some of My Family History,Grandad in WW II
		She continued her support of the 3rd Fleet during the Western Caroline and Philippine Islands engagements in the fall of 1944 as well as during the Formosa and China coast attacks early in 1945.
		She was underway again 4 June for the Western Pacific and serviced the 3rd Fleet in various fueling areas until the end of the war.
		In researching the fleet oilers, I found that they were all named for U.S. rivers, and the Pamanset was named for a river in Massachusetts.
	journals.aol.com /kasee267/SupportingtheTroops/entries/2006/06/10/some-of-my-family-historygrandad-in-ww-ii/479 (1022 words)

	Pacific Fleet Online
		The fleet oiler USNS Walter S. Diehl (T-AO 193), fleet ammunition ship USNS Flint (T-AE 32), and the survey ship USNS Victorious, operated by the Military Sealift Command, will also participate during the exercise.
		The Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet has underscored the importance of having an extensive ASW capability in a region so vital to the world’s population centers and commerce.
		Operating in the western Pacific and Indian oceans, the U.S. Seventh Fleet is the largest of the forward-deployed U.S. fleets, with approximately 50 ships, 120 aircraft and 20,000 Sailors and Marines assigned at any given time.
	www.cpf.navy.mil /news_images/0511/051109a.htm (408 words)

	uboat.net - Allied Ships hit by U-boats - USS Winooski (AO 38) (Fleet oiler)
		On 5 Jan, 1942, acquired by the US Navy and on 27 January commissioned as fleet oiler USS Winooski (AO 38).
		On 30 Apr, 1946, the fleet oiler was decommissioned and returned as Calusa to the owner.
		In fact, the transporter USS Joseph Hewes (AP 50) was sunk and the oiler USS Winooski (AO 38) and the destroyer USS Hambleton (DD 455) were damaged.
	www.uboat.net /allies/merchants/ship.html?shipID=2408 (313 words)

	Navy League of the United States - Citizens in Support of the Sea Services
		However, Kaskin said the fleet requirement for fuel in the interim might require the activation of at least one Henry J. Kaiser-class fleet oiler from reduced operating status.
		The design criteria for the T-AOE(X) will include the Navy’s new Fleet Response Plan, which requires that the service be able to surge six carrier strike groups in 30 days and two more in 90 days.
		Commander, Fleet Forces Command began a study in August, directed by Director-Analyst Jack Ince, to inform the analysis of alternatives.
	www.navyleague.org /sea_power/oct_04_24.php (1190 words)

	Fleet Oiler (AO) Photo Index
		This photo is from a glass negative showing the boilers for Cuyama (Oiler #3) being constructed at Navy Yard Mare Island in 1916.
		This photo is from a glass negative showing Cuyama (Oiler #3)'s Sponsor Miss M. Offley christening the ship at Navy Yard Mare Island, 17 June 1916.
		Cuyama (Oiler #3) at her outfitting berth at Navy Yard Mare Island, 2 October 1916.
	www.navsource.org /archives/09/19/19003.htm (514 words)

	Battle of Midway
		After Midway, the two opposing fleets were essentially equals, and the United States soon took the offensive.
		The two opposing fleets sent out search planes, the Americans to locate an enemy they knew was there and the Japanese as a matter of operational prudence.
		Meanwhile, a tardy Japanese scout plane had spotted the U.S. fleet and, just as Midway's counterattacks were ending, reported the presence of a carrier.
	www.battle-fleet.com /pw/his/midway.htm (1535 words)

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