&sq=&lang=&file=File:USNS_Neosho_(T-AO-143)_underway_at_sea,_circa_in_the_1980s_(6392656).jpg) Neosho in 1985
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| History | |
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| Name | USS Neosho |
| Namesake | Neosho River in Kansas and Oklahoma |
| Builder | Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts |
| Laid down | 2 September 1952 |
| Launched | 10 November 1953 |
| Sponsored by | Nancy (Mrs. John S.)Philips |
| Commissioned | 24 September 1954 |
| Decommissioned | 25 May 1978 |
| In service | 25 May 1978 |
| Out of service | 1992 |
| Reclassified | T-AO-143, 1978 |
| Stricken | 16 February 1994 |
| Identification | IMO number: 7737042 |
| Motto | "Lifeblood of the Fleet" |
| Fate | Sold for scrapping, 2 February 2005 |
| Badge | &sq=&lang=&file=File:USS_Neosho_(AO-143)_insignia,_1958_(NH_65718-KN).png) |
| 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) |
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| Speed | 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
| Capacity | 180,000 bbl (29,000 m3) |
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USS Neosho (AO-143) was the lead ship of her class of fleet oilers of the United States Navy, in service from 1954 to the early 1990s.
The fourth Neosho was laid down 15 August 1952 by the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation's Fore River Shipyard at Quincy, Massachusetts, and named Neosho on 29 September 1953. She was launched on 10 November 1953, sponsored by Mrs. Nancy Phillips, wife of Rear Admiral John S. Phillips, the last commanding officer of the USS Neosho (AO-23), which survived the Attack on Pearl Harbor and was sunk during the Battle of the Coral Sea. AO-143 was commissioned on 24 September 1954.