USS Neosho AO-23 |
Type: |
Fleet Oiler |
Class: |
Cimarron |
Builder: |
Federal Shipbuilding & Drydock Company Kearney, New Jersey, U.S.A. |
Hull Number: |
AO-23 |
Ordered: |
N/A |
Commissioned: |
August 7, 1939 |
Keel Laid: |
June 22, 1938 |
Decommissioned: |
N/A |
Launched: |
April 29, 1939 |
Stricken: |
N/A |
Fate: |
May 7, 1942 Damaged by Japanese aircraft from the carriers Zuikaku and Shokaku during the Battle of the Coral Sea.
Scuttled by USS Henley DD-391 May 11, 1942. Location: South Pacific (Coral Sea) Attacked at 15.10S-158.05E, 280 miles south southwest of Rennell Island, Solomon Islands. Sunk at 15.35S-155.36E, 410 miles south southwest of Rennell Island, Solomon Islands. (170 miles west by south of where the ship was attacked.) 178 men killed, 109 survivors removed by USS Henley DD-391 on May 11. 4 survivors picked up on May 17 by USS Helm DD-391, but one died of wounds onboard. (Roll of Honor) |
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Page published May 15, 2016 |