Passumpsic (AO 107) - Naval Cruise Book

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U.s.s. PASSUMPSIC CAO-1075 WESPAC Cruise 1963

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SHIPS HISTURY 1 , s 1 The U.S.S. PASSUMPSIC QAO-1075 was commissioned on 1 April 1946 at Chester, Pennsylvania. She has served in the Pacific Fleet since that time and, while never unde enemy fire, she proudly wears nine of the ten Korean battle stars awarded to U.S. Navy Ships. Passumpsic has the reputation of being a can do ship and she has won the Battle Efficiency Award for oilers of her class in 1956, 1960 and again in 1961. . Passumpsic is, as you know, a Fleet Oiler. The Name Passumpsic is of Indian origin and means clear running water. The ship is named after the Passumpsic river in Vermont. I Passumpsic has seen many foreign lands. Among them japan, Formosa, Indo-China, Hong Kong, North Borneo, Fiji Islands, Korea, Australia, and the Philippine Islands. Passumpsic is capable of refueling two ships at a time, one on either side. We can deliver at one time AVGAS, JP-5, AND NSFO as well as transfer freight and personnel. With the addition of a double hose rig, Passumpsic can pump upwards of 298,000 gallons of NSFO and 200,000 gallons of JP-5 per hour. This type of replenishment has added greatly to the strength of the U.S. Navy by providing mobility and staying power to forces afloat through underway replenishmet.

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ful, f QQ ommandin Officer Captain W. Venne Jr., U.S.N. I rw. Our Commanding Officer, Captain A. W. Venne Jr., Was horn in Lawrence, Massachusetts, in 1920. While attending Tufts College in Medford, Mas- sachusetts the World situation was at complete unrest and the German Army began its march. Captain Venne then decided to start, what turned into a Naval Career. Commissioned as Ensign in February 1941, Captain Venne Was first assigned as Engine- ering Officer on the U.S.S. TNDIANAPOLIS. He remained on hoard the U.S.S. INDIANAPOLIS in the PACFLT during World Wiar 11 and engaged in seven major campaigns. At the close of World War 11 Capt. Venne attended Gunnery School in Wash- ington, D. C, and was then assigned as gunnery officer and chief engineer on the U.S.S. Los Angeles QCA 1351 From the U.S.S. LOS ANGELES to the U.S.S. ROCHESTER QCA 1242 as chief Engineer in 1947. lt then became time to go hack to school. Attending Cornell University, majoring in Ear Eastern Studies, Captain Venne graduated on the Deans List. Attending General Line School, he graduated with distinction. In 1957 he Was technical advisor on the Movie Windjammer H. Commands include U.S. MARSH QDE 6995, USS PURDY QDD 7345, and our present ship. Promotions in rank LG. 6f42 LT. 12f42 LCDR 7f45 CDR 7f51 CAPT 4f6O