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USS HOUSATONIC
(AO-35)Service to God, Country and Fleet
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AO-35 Deployments - Major Events
| Add a AO-35 Shellback Initiation | Add a AO-35 Deployment - Major Event | ||||
| Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
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| MAY | 1941 | Keel Date: 14 MAY 1941 at Sun Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Chester PA |
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| SEP | 1941 | Launch Date: 6 SEP 1941 | |||
| JAN | 1942 | Commissioned: 9 JAN 1942 | |||
AO-35 General Specifications
Class: Chicopee-class oiler
Named for: Housatonic River
Complement: 279 Officers and Enlisted
Displacement: 5375 tons
Length: 520 feet
Beam: 68 feet
Flank Speed: 16 Knots
Final Disposition: Returned to Standard Oil Company of New Jersey; converted to container ship 1963; scrapped after 1989
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