USS Hassayampa (AO-145)

         

USS Hassayampa (AO-145)
United States Navy
15 April 1955 - 17 November 1978

Home Port Pearl Harbor, Hawaii

November - Lima - Gulf - Alpha
N L G A

USNS Hassayampa (T-AO 145)
Military Sealift Command
17 November 1978 - 2 October 1991

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"Cashmere Delta"

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"Humpin' Hass"

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"Finest Oiler in the Fleet, she was."


Mike McCullough
Historian & Photographer of Rhododendron Occidentales & Ships
Photographer of voyage of USS/USNS Hassayampa (AO-145) (T-AO 145) from fleet
reserve in Suisun Bay to Mare Island to the Golden Gate Bridge to the Pacific Ocean

Mike's subjects have been photographed in Western California where a few are locationed as indicated on the map to the right. The 7 BLUE points = Ships and the 11 GREEN points = Rhododendrons, where he has drifted into Oregon.

You find that on Mike's trips north he camps out

"I am interested in preserving history. Models, plans, or photographs are not adequate substitutes for the real thing."  ~Mike McCullough

 

Ships

USS Hornet CVA-12 Original Docent

Mare Island

Suisun Bay

USS LCS-102 & YLT-434

USS Nereus AS-17   

ATFs 105 & 110

Richmond and USS Iowa BB-36

USS Glacier WABG-4

USS Wabash AOR-5

USS Roanoke AOR-7

USS Vancouver LPD-2

USS Holland AS-32

USS Kansas City AOR-3

Suisun Bay Fleet

USS Mount Hood AE-29

USS Williamette AO-180

USS Mount Washington AOT-5076

USNS Shoshone AO-151

Noyo River - Fort Bragg

USS LCIL- 1091 Tour - Eureka

Coast Guard, Seals & Squirrels - Crescent City

Bicycling in San Francisco

Navsource

Other Ships

A trip to the Golden Gate Bridge

 

USS Hornet (CVA-12)
Original Docents
(That's Mike, front and center)

They are extremely helpful and interesting to talk to.
Any questions regarding naval stuff, the military
or aviation can be answered by these guys!


Rhododendrons (Western)

Bay Laurel Nursery - Atascadero

Camp Monte Toyon - Aptos 

Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park - Felton

Olive Garden - Los Altos

Sonoma Horticultural Nursery

Farwell & Sons Nursery - Bohemian Highway

Flynn Creek - Comptche

Westgate Nursery - Eureka      

Samoa Cookhouse

Azalea State Reserve - off Hwy. 101

Patrick's Point State Park

Eight Dollar Road - Kerby, Oregon

Mount Tamalpais - Above Saulsolito


 

This webpage has been modified from Vern Bouwman's website to fit within page parameters of this Hassayampa website
Vern Bauwman is a naval historian, former crewmember and webmaster of USS Kawishiwi (AO-146)

LINKS TO BAY AREA HISTORY

 

    

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