USNS Ponchatoula (T-AO-148) at sea
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History | |
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United States | |
Name | USS Ponchatoula |
Namesake | Ponchatoula Creek |
Ordered | 28 January 1952 |
Builder | New York Shipbuilding, Camden, New Jersey |
Laid down | 1 March 1954 |
Launched | 9 July 1955 |
Commissioned | 12 January 1956 |
Decommissioned | 5 September 1980 |
In service | 1980 |
Stricken | 31 August 1992 |
Identification | IMO number: 7737092 |
Honors and awards | 12 campaign stars (Vietnam) |
Fate | Scrapped |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Neosho-class oiler |
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Length | 655 ft (200 m) |
Beam | 86 ft (26 m) |
Draft | 35 ft (11 m) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
Capacity | 180,000 bbl (29,000 m3) |
Complement |
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Armament |
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USS Ponchatoula (AO-148) was one of six Neosho-class fleet oilers built for the United States Navy, in service from 1956 to 1992, and named for the Ponchatoula Creek which rises in Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana, and flows into the Natalbany River, west of Ponchatoula, Louisiana. She was the second U.S. Naval vessel to bear the name.
Ponchatoula was laid down at the New York Shipbuilding Corporation, Camden, New Jersey, on 1 March 1954, launched on 9 July 1955, sponsored by Mrs. I. N. Kiland, and commissioned on 12 January 1956.