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USNS NEOSHO was the lead ship of the Navy's first major class of fleet oilers built after WWII. The NEOSHO was transfered to the Military Sealift Command on May 25, 1978. Finally decommissioned in 1992, the NEOSHO was stricken from the Navy list on February 16, 1994, and spent the following years laid-up in the James River Reserve Fleet, Fort Eustis, Va., awaiting final disposal. On February 9, 2005, the NEOSHO was towed to Brownsville, Tx. for scrapping at International Shipbreakers Ltd.
General Characteristics: | Awarded: August 24, 1951 |
Keel laid: September 2, 1952 | |
Launched: November 10, 1953 | |
Commissioned: September 24, 1954 | |
Decommissioned: May 25, 1978 | |
MSC "in service": May 25, 1978 | |
Decommissioned: 1992 | |
Builder: Bethlehem Steel Company Shipyard, Quincy, Mass. | |
Propulsion system: two boilers | |
Propellers: two | |
Length: 654.8 feet (199.6 meters) | |
Beam: 86 feet (26.2 meters) | |
Draft: 35.1 feet (10.7 meters) | |
Displacement: approx. 37,000 tons | |
Speed: 20 knots | |
Capacity: approx. 28,700 tons of fuel | |
Aircraft: none | |
Armament: none | |
Crew: 125 civilians, 21 Navy personnel |
Crew List:
This section contains the names of sailors who served aboard USNS NEOSHO. It is no official listing but contains the names of sailors who submitted their information.
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