USS Neosho (AO-23)
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| Name: | USS Neosho |
| Namesake: | The Neosho River in Kansas and Oklahoma |
| Builder: | Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Kearny, New Jersey |
| Laid down: | 22 June 1938 |
| Launched: | 29 April 1939 |
| Sponsored by: | Mrs. Emory S. Land |
| Commissioned: | 7 August 1939 |
| Fate: | Scuttled, Battle of the Coral Sea, 11 May 1942 |
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| Class and type: | Cimarron-class fleet oiler |
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| Length: | 553 ft (169 m) |
| Beam: | 75 ft (23 m) |
| Draft: | 32 ft 4 in (9.86 m) |
| Installed power: | 30,400 shp (22,700 kW) |
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| Speed: | 18 kn (21 mph; 33 km/h) |
| Complement: | 304 |
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| Service record | |
| Operations: | World War II |
| Awards: | 2 battle stars |
USS Neosho (AO-23) was a Cimarron-class fleet oiler serving with the United States Navy, the second ship to be named for the Neosho River in Kansas and Oklahoma.
After surviving the Attack on Pearl Harbor, Neosho operated in the South Pacific. During the Battle of the Coral Sea she was attacked and set alight, but managed to keep afloat until rendezvousing with an American destroyer on 11 May 1942, who sank her with gunfire after taking off the crew.
She was laid down under Maritime Commission contract by Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Kearny, New Jersey, 22 June 1938; launched on 29 April 1939; sponsored by Mrs. Emory S. Land, wife of Rear Admiral Emory S. Land (Ret.), Chairman of the Maritime Commission; and commissioned on 7 August 1939, with Commander AV. E. A. Mullan in command.
Conversion at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard was completed on 7 July 1941, Neosho immediately began the vital task of ferrying aviation fuel from west coast ports to Pearl Harbor. On such a mission she arrived in Pearl Harbor on 6 December, discharged a full cargo to Naval Air Station Ford Island, and prepared for the return passage.
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