USS Platte (AO-24)
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Platte refueling Philippine Sea and Watts, 19 July 1955
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| Name: | USS Platte |
| Builder: | Bethlehem Steel Company, Baltimore, Maryland |
| Launched: | 8 July 1939 |
| Sponsored by: | Mrs. Harold R. Stark |
| Commissioned: | 1 December 1939 |
| Fate: | Sold for scrapping, 14 May 1971 |
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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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| Service record | |
| Operations: | World War II, Korean War, Vietnam War |
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USS Platte (AO-24) was a Cimarron-class oiler serving with the United States Navy, named for the 1836 Platte Purchase that included the Platte Rivers in Iowa, Missouri and Nebraska. Her memorial in Platte County, Missouri honors all four rivers that share the name recorded by Lewis and Clark in 1803.
Platte was built by the Bethlehem Steel Company, Baltimore, Maryland; launched 8 July 1939; sponsored by Mrs. Harold R. Stark; and commissioned at Norfolk, Virginia 1 December 1939, Commander P. L. Meadows in command.
After fitting out in the Philadelphia Navy Yard Platte departed Norfolk 27 March 1940, making two voyages to the oil docks of Houston, Texas, then supported the fleet operating from the Panama Canal Zone. During the next forty-five days she replenished fleet tugs USS Capella (AK-13) and USS Navajo (AT-64) who towed the huge floating drydock YFD–2 to Pearl Harbor. Platte reached her new base of San Pedro, California 4 September. For the next fourteen months she carried liquid cargo, passengers and freight to Pearl Harbor. Her last voyage to Hawaii prior to outbreak of war terminated at San Diego 26 November 1941 and she was in that port when the Japanese struck Pearl Harbor.
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