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U.S.S. MANATEE

(AO-58)

QUI SUPERAVIT
(WHO SHALL EXCELL HER?

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AO-58 Deployments - Major Events

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Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
AUG1943-Keel Date: 28 AUG 1943
at Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation Sparrows Point MD
FEB1944-Launch Date: 18 FEB 1944
APR1944-Commissioned: 6 APR 1944
JUN1951-JAN1955Middle Pacific
JUL1961-Shellback Initiation - 20 JUL 1961 - Pacific Ocean
APR1962-Shellback Initiation - 4 APR 1962 - Pacific Ocean
JAN1963-JAN1966vietnam
JAN1963-JAN1965West Pac-Viet Nam
JAN1963-MAR1965West Pac-Viet Nam
FEB1963-JAN1964West Pac
MAY1964-JAN1965West Pac
JAN1966-JAN1969West Pac
JAN1966-JAN1968Middle Pacific
JAN1967-DEC1968West Pac-Viet Nam
JAN1967-NOV1968West Pac-Viet Nam
FEB1967-NOV1968West Pac-Viet Nam
NOV1967-DEC1968West Pac-Viet Nam
NOV1967-DEC1968West Pac-Viet Nam
DEC1968-MAY1970West Pac-Viet Nam
SEP1970-JAN1971West Pac-Viet Nam

AO-58 General Specifications

Class: Cimarron-class fleet oiler

Complement: 314 Officers and Enlisted

Displacement: 7236 tons

Length: 553 feet

Beam: 75 feet

Draft: 32 feet 4 in

Final Disposition: Sold for scrapping 10 December 1973