USS Guadalupe (AO-32)
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Guadalupe refueling USS Maury (DD-401) in 1943
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| Name: | USS Guadalupe |
| Builder: | Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company, Newport News, Virginia |
| Launched: | 26 January 1940 |
| Sponsored by: | Mrs. W. L. Inslee |
| Acquired: | 1 June 1941 |
| Commissioned: | 19 June 1941 |
| Decommissioned: | 1974 |
| Struck: | 14 May 1975 |
| Fate: | Sold for scrapping , 16 October 1975 |
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| Class and type: | Cimarron-class oiler |
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| Length: | 553 ft (169 m) |
| Beam: | 75 ft (23 m) |
| Draft: | 32 ft 4 in (9.86 m) |
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| Speed: | 18 knots (21 mph; 33 km/h) |
| Complement: | 304 |
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| Operations: | World War II, Korean War, Vietnam War |
USS Guadalupe (AO-32), a Cimarron-class fleet replenishment oiler that served in the United States Navy,it was named for the Guadalupe River in Texas.
Guadalupe was launched as SS Esso Raleigh 26 January 1940 by the Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company at Newport News, Virginia; sponsored by Mrs. W. L. Inslee, wife of the late manager of the Traffic Division, Marine Department, Standard Oil of New Jersey; taken over by the Maritime Commission as MC Hull #12; acquired by the Navy 1 June 1941; and commissioned 19 June 1941, Commander Harry R. Thurber in command.
Six weeks of coastwise voyages carrying oil from Texas to New Jersey ended 16 August as Guadalupe docked at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Receiving as deck cargo six PT boats later to form the famous squadron commanded by Lieutenant Commander John D. Bulkeley, Guadalupe sailed for the Western Pacific on 19 August. After discharging cargo and oil at Pearl Harbor, Manila, and Cavite, the tanker returned to Norfolk, Virginia 13 November via San Diego. After America's sudden plunge into war, she put into Baltimore to be fitted with guns.
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