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USS CACAPGN 4AO - 527 1 , V Western Paclflc CPUISG 1971
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Ship' istory U55 CACAPON, named after a river .in West Virginia, was built in Baltimore, Maryland and was commissioned by the United States Navy in September, 1943. After her initial trial cruise CACAPON was sent to ivin the P3CfffC Fleet at Pearl Harbor. During World War II, she saw extensive action in the island-hopping campaign all the way from the Marshall Islands t0 the final surrender of the Japanese forces in Tokyo Bay, August 1945. After the war CACAPON was sent on various missions including a tour around the world and a winter in the Antarctic, but her normal duties involved operations with the SEVENTH Fleet. During the Korean Conflict CACAPON participated in the successful landing at lnchon, Korea and received the Navy Unit Commendation for her action there. Since 1963, CACAPON has assisted in operations varying from emergency evacuation of the Tachen Islandsto patrol duty in the Taiwan Straits. CACAPON normally spends five months out of the year in the Eastern Pacific under the Operational control of Commander FIRST Fleet, the remainder of the year she operates as an integral part ,of the powerful SEVENTH Fleet in WESTPAC, as- sisting in maintaining freedom of the seas and demonstrating a READY POWER FOR PEACE. CACAPON is a twin screw tanker with 13,500 horsepower and a designed speed of 18 knots. Her profile shows the conventional tanker arrangement of forecastle, bridge, and poop, with a raked stem, a cruiser stern, and the engi- neering spaces located aft, abaft the cargo tanks. CACAPON is 553 feet long, 75 feet wide, and when fully loaded with a displacement of 25,000 tons, has a draft of 32 feet 4 inches. CACAPON carries in her cargo tanks a combined total of 115,000 barrels of jet fuel, aviation gasoline and black fuel oil, or approxi- mately 5,000,000 gallons of fuel.
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