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-...-.. E20 ..,.1..' , Ship's History USS PONCHATOULA QAO-148i was commissioned 12 January 1956 at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard. As with all United States oilers, she is named after a river, the Ponchatoula river, which flows through Tongipahoa Parish in Louisiana. ln September 1956, PONCHATOULA rescued the foundering SS Venus off the coast of Japan by taking the ship in tow and clearing an oncoming typhoon. ln early 1958, the ship's homeport was changed from Long Beach, California, to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. PONCHATOULA has since participated in the Ouemoy-lVlatsu Crisis, operated in support of the Operation Dominic nuclear tests in the Christmas Islands, supported Seventh Fleet units off the coast of Vietnam, served as a space recovery ship for projects Mercury, Gemini and Apollo space shots, participated in RHVIPAC Exercises of 1972, 75, 76 and 77. PONCHATOULA has deployed to the Western Pacific six times since her first visit to WestPac in 1967. From January to July 1974 PONCHATOULA underwent a multi-million dollar overhaul in Guam, Marianas Islands, prior to participating in RIIVIPAC 75. From May 1976 to January 1977, PONCHATOULA underwent a four and a half million dollar repair period in Honolulu, Hawaii, designed to incorporate numerous class improvements to her various systems. PONCHATOULA departed Pearl Harbor lvlay 26, 1977 on her latest deployment to WestPac. During the early part of the deployment, PONCHATOULA was awarded Departmental Excellence awards for Engineering and Deck departments. ax Q3 Q, l l l .
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