Hassayampa (AO 145) - Naval Cruise Book

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SCHEDULE OF CRUISE 27 Apr 72 departed Pearl Harbor for Subic Bay, R.P. 10 May 72 arrived Subic Bay, Philippines 13 May 72 enroute to services. South China Sea 17-24 Jul 72 upkeep, Subic Bay 25 Jul 72 enroute to services, South China Sea 6 Sep 72 enroute to Singapore 7 Sep 72 crossed Equator 8-18 Sep 72 upkeep, Singapore 19 Sep 72 enroute to services. South China Sea 5 Nov 72 enroute to Hong Kong 7-16 Nov 72 visit Hong Kong 17 Nov 72 enroute to services. South China Sea 25 Nov - 5 Dec 72 upkeep, Subic Bay 6 Dec 72 enroute to services. South China Sea 19-26 Dec 72 upkeep, Subic Bay 27 Dec 72 enroute to services. South China Sea 28 Dec 72 Change of Command 13-18 Jan 73 visit Sattihip, Thailand 19 Jan 73 enroute to services. South China Sea 27 Jan - 4 Feb 73 upkeep, Subic Bay 5 Feb 73 enroute to Sasebo, Japan 9-11 Feb 73 visit Sasebo, Japan 12 Feb 73 enroute to Pearl Harbor 21 Feb 73 arrived Pearl Harbor

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SHIP ' S HISTORY i; . - The HASSAYAMPA is the third of a class of six large fleet oilers commissioned by the navy. The HASSAYAMPA was built by the New York shipbuilding corpora- tion of Camden, New Jersey; she was launched on September 12, 1954; and com- missioned at the Philadelpia Naval Shipyard on April 19, 1955. The HASS has completed over three thousand replenishments at sea, in addition to having delivered over one and a half million pounds of mail to U.S. servicemen afloat. Since her com- missioning the HASSAYAMPA has operated throughout the Pacific Ocean and the Indian Ocean. HASSAYAMPA is attached to Service Squadron Five of the Third Fleet, and is home ported in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. As a fleet oiler, she provides vital at-sea logistics support for the major task groups of the Pacific Fleet. HASSAYAMPA has supported the Seventh Fleet during many critical periods such as the Nationalist Chinese transport convoys during the Quemoymatsu Crisis of 1958, the movement of marines into Thailand in 1962, and the Tonkin Gulf Crisis. In 1964. HASSAYAMPA played the role of ambassador while attached to the Concord Squadron which visited foreign ports in the Indian Ocean from Malaysia to the MUteffl cotut of Africa. She has also served as a recovery logistic ship during the Gemini eight and nine, and Apollo eleven and twelve space shots. i. vj ' i

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CAPTAIN 0. W. McGUIRE Captain Orville W. McGuire entered the navy in October 1952 as an Officer Candidate at Newport, Rhode Island. He was commissioned in March 1953 and was designated a Naval Flight Officer in March 1954. Captain McGuire ' s prior assignments include heavy at- tack squadrons seven and nine, reconnaissance attack squadron six. Staff of Commander Reconnaissance at- tack wing one, Commanding Officer of Training Squadron Ten, Navigator of the USS JOHN F. KENNEDY (CVA 67), Naval Air Systems Command Headquarters, and Naval Material Command Head- quarters. Captain McGuire is a graduate of Central Missouri State College, the Naval Post-Graduate School, the University of Minnesota and the Armed Forces Staff College. COMMANDER R. B. OLDS Commander Robert B. Olds was commissioned in 195.3 and designated a Naval Aviator in 1955. He is a graduate of California State Polytechnic College and the U.S. Naval Post-Graduate School. He served in Patrol Squadron 9, 774, 17, 31, and 44, and commanded Patrol Squadrons 44 and 30. Other duties included Navigator of USS WASP (CVS 18), Current Operations Officer on the Staff of COM ASWFOR- PAC, and attendance at the Armed Forces Staff College. He assumeed Command of USS HASSAYAMPA (AO-145) on 28 December 1972. ' ' Mil