Fuel Transfers of the Miss
(unless noted otherwise, this list shows fuel transferred from AO-59)
28 Jul
YMS385 N/A
9 Aug
USS Santee (CVE-29) 8,075 bbls. NSFO and 20,009 gals. AV Gas
USS Craven (DD-382) N/A
USS McCalla (DD-488) N/A
USS Ellet (DD-398) N/A
USS Case (DD-370) N/A
10 AUG
USS Lexington (cv-16) 16,637 bbls. NSFO and 1,728 bbls. AV Gas
USS Bunker Hill (cv-17) 15,042 bbls. NSFO and 1,768 bbls. AV Gas
11 Aug
USS San Jacinto (CVL-30) 8,568 bbls. NSFO and 2,448 bbls. AV Gas
12 Aug
SS Caribbean (AO59 rec’d) 56,670 bbls. NSFO
YO-46 (AO59 rec’d) 295,473 gal AV Gas
2&3 Sept
USS Hornet (CV-12) 12,547 bbls. 38,700 gals. AV Gas
USS Charette (DD581) 1,186 bbls. NSFO
USS Bell (DD587) 1,150 bbls. NSFO
USS Grayson (DD435) 1,019 bbls. NSFO
USS Izard (DD589) 1,347 bbls. NSFO, 1 bag mail.
USS Mc Calla (DD488) 1,861 bbls. NSFO
USS Conners (DD582) 779 bbls. NSFO
3 Sept
USS Cotton (DD-669) N/A
USS Gatling (DD-671) N/A
5 Sept
SS Ball’s Bluff (AO59 rec’d) 28,825 bbls. NSFO
17 Sept
USS Gridley (DD-380) 2,803 bbls. NSFO and 47 bags of mail
USS Franklin (CV-13) 23,214 bbls. NSFO and 193,400 gals. AV Gas
USS Patterson (DD-392) 2,560 bbls. NSFO
USS Ralph Talbot (DD-390) 2,532 bbls. NSFO
USS Maury (DD-401) NFSO 2,540 bbls. NSFO
USS Helm (DD-388) NFSO 2,790 bbls. NSFO
18 Sept
USS Indianapolis (CA-35) 5,903 bbls. of NSFO and 1,500 gallons of AV gas
20 Sept
USS Pennsylvania (BB-38) 24,511 bbls. NSFO and 785 gallons of AV gas
USS Stevenson (DD-645) 1,702 bbls. NSFO
USS Hobbs (DD-610) 1,517 bbls. NSFO
USS Buchanan (DD-484) 1,500 bbls. NSFO
22 Sept
USS Minneapolis (CA-36) 10,860 bbls. NSFO and 4,300 gallons of AV gas
USS Honolulu (CL-48) 8,478 bbls. NSFO and 3,500 gallons of AV gas
USS Welles (DD-628) 798 bbls. NSFO
USS Halford (DD-480) 1,061 bbls. NSFO
24 Sept
USS Kadashan Bay (CVE-76) 12,128 bbls. NSFO and 84,000 gallons of AV gas
USS Sargent Bay (CVE-86) 4,161 bbls. NSFO and 20,705 gallons of AV gas
USS McCord (DD-5 34) 3,172 bbls. NSFO and 245 bbls. diesel oil
USS Hoel (DD-533) 2,723 bbls. NSFO and 276 bbls. of diesel oil
USS Hall (DD-583) 2,526 bbls. NSFO
26 Sept
USS Monongahela (AO-42) 20,436 bbls. NSFO and 130,375 gallons AV gas
30 Sept
SS Beacham transferred to AO-59 90,040 bbls. of NSFO
USS Armadillo (IX-111) transferred to AO-59 1,626 bbls. diesel oil and 252,163 gal. AV gas
8 Oct
USS Hancock (CV-19) 27,707 bbls. NSFO and 44,000 gallons of AV gas
USS Tingey (DD-539) 733 bbls. NSFO
USS Miller (DD-535) 922 bbls. NSFO
USS Potter (DD-538) 716 bbls. NSFO
USS The Sullivans (DD-537) 831 bbls. NSFO
USS Cabot (CVL-28) 6,300 bbls. NSFO
USS Hickok (DD-673) 982 bbls. NSFO
11 Oct
USS Iowa (BB-61) 13,765 bbls. NSFO
USS Intrepid (CV-11) 6,000 bbls. NSFO and 5,600 gallons AVgas
USS Independence (CVL-22) 4,857 bbls. NSFO
USS Miami (CL-89) 3,986 bbls. NSFO
USS San Diego (CL-53) 3,260 bbls. NSFO
USS Halsey Powell (DD-686) 1,902 bbls. NSFO
USS Colahan (DD-658) 2,287 bbls. NSFO
USS Stockham (DD-683) 2,190 bbls. NSFO
USS Twining (DD-540) 2,017 bbls. NSFO
USS Sebec (AO-87) (AO-59 rec’d) 42,300 bbls. NSFO and 100,933 gals. AV gas
16 Oct
USS Wasp (CV-18) 17,262 bbls. NSFO and 104,800 gallons of AV gas
USS Hornet (CV-12) 14,552 bbls. NSFO and 100,112 gallons of AV gas
USS Conner (DD-582) 1,752 bbls. NSFO
USS Woodworth (DD-460) 1,353 bbls. NSFO
USS McCalla (DD-488) 2,291 bbls. NSFO
USS Dunlap (DD-384) 350 bbls. NSFO
USS Cummings (DD-365) 363 bbls. NSFO
USS Izard (DD-589) 1,492 bbls. NSFO
17 Oct
USS Lexington (CV-16) 5,735 bbls. NSFO and 14,000 gallons of AV gas
USS Dortch (DD-670) 811 bbls. NSFO
USS Bronson (DD-668) 581 bbls. NSFO
USS Santa Fe (CL60) (AO-59 rec’d) 196 Houston CL81 survivors
18 Oct
USS Escambia (AO-80) 7,170 bbls. NSFO
21 Oct
SS Mission Purisima transferred to AO-59 86,186 bbls. of NSFO
22 Oct
Received AO-59 received 31new crewmen from General O.H.Earnst (AP-133)
23 Oct
USS Giraffe (IX-118) transferred to AO-59 326,211 gals. AV Gas
Mississinewa returned to Ulithi on November 15 and tied up to a merchant tanker in berth 131. 404,000 gallons of 100-octane aviation gasoline were pumped into centerline tanks #2 and #3 of Mississinewa. 9,000 barrels of diesel oil were unloaded and 90,000 barrels of NSFO transferred into Mississinewa tanks aft of the bridge.
20 Nov
USS Mississinewa was torpedoed and sunk