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USS CHIPOLA
(AO-63)The Blue Chip CAN DO
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AO-63 Deployments - Major Events
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| Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OCT | 1944 | Launch Date: 21 OCT 1944 | |||
| NOV | 1944 | Commissioned: 30 NOV 1944 | |||
| AUG | 1946 | - | Shellback Initiation - 20 AUG 1946 - Pacific Ocean | ||
| JAN | 1947 | - | JAN | 1947 | SOPA Sasebo |
| JAN | 1952 | - | JAN | 1953 | Shellback Initiation - Please re-enter with EXACT date |
| NOV | 1960 | - | NOV | 1960 | Recommisioning |
| JAN | 1961 | - | JAN | 1961 | Panama Canal |
| OCT | 1961 | - | FEB | 1962 | West Pac |
| MAY | 1962 | - | MAY | 1962 | Shellback Initiation - Please re-enter with EXACT date |
| MAY | 1962 | - | - | - | Shellback Initiation - 12 MAY 1962 - Pacific Ocean |
| MAY | 1962 | - | JUL | 1962 | Atomic Test Site Christmas Island and Johnston Island |
| OCT | 1962 | - | MAR | 1963 | West Pac |
| JAN | 1963 | - | JAN | 1964 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
| OCT | 1963 | - | APR | 1964 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
| SEP | 1964 | - | MAY | 1965 | West Pac |
| SEP | 1965 | - | OCT | 1965 | Gemini V Recovery Force |
| OCT | 1966 | - | MAR | 1967 | Dry Dock |
| AUG | 1967 | - | DEC | 1968 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
| JAN | 1969 | - | JAN | 1969 | APOLLO 10 RECOVERY SUPPORT TEAM |
| APR | 1969 | - | Shellback Initiation - 30 APR 1969 - Pacific Ocean | ||
| AUG | 1970 | - | MAY | 1971 | Dry Dock |
| MAR | 1971 | - | APR | 1971 | Shellback Initiation - Please re-enter with EXACT date |
| JAN | 1972 | - | JAN | 1973 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
| OCT | 1972 | - | - | - | Shellback Initiation - 27 OCT 1972 - Pacific Ocean |
| JUL | 1974 | - | JUL | 1974 | Sold for scrap to Zidell Explorations Inc. at Pearl Harbor |
AO-63 General Specifications
Class: Cimarron-class fleet oiler
Complement: 314 Officers and Enlisted
Displacement: 7236 tons
Length: 553 feet
Beam: 75 feet
Draft: 32 feet
Final Disposition: Sold 16 December 1946
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