USS Mississinewa AO-59

AO-59 Fuel Transfers

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