Truckee (AO 147) - Naval Cruise Book

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Y N g. I 1 4 f HISTORY OI' THE 'USS TRUCKEE Mrs. M. L. Royur, 'wife of VADM M. L. Rcyar, christens 'the good ship TRUCKEE. IL 1 !H1! s f Y l ,,,. , - l I 33 J AAA Y TRUCKEE was commissioned at the Philadelphia Navy Yard 1n late 1955 and has been attached to the Atlantic Fleet CCOMSERVLANTJ, except during her deployment to the Sixth Fleet, ever since. TRUCKEE is named for the Truckee River' in western Nevada and eastern California. The Truckee River was named Cin 18445 for an Indian chief who led a party of lost and thirsty pioneers to the lower crossing of the river. TRUCKEE'S first cruise was in early 1956, when she sailed for shakedown training to St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, then to Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico, and to Norfolk. Nor- folk has always been her home port. In late May of 1956 the ship, whose tanks had not yet been filled with fuel oil, delivered on emergency call eight million gallons of fresh water to Bermuda during a critical shortage. In June of that year, TRUCKEE sailed in company with ships training U. 'S. Naval Reserve Midshipmen to Copenhagen, Denmark, and Sheerness, England. TRUCKEE saile-d with fuel and supplies to Asce-nsion Island in September of 1956 to replenish and assist U. S. Navy survey forces engaged in the construction of a guided missile control station. The first three months of 1957 Were- spent in overhaul at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, at the completion of which the customary refresher training cruise to GTMO was made. In August and September and again in October, TRUCKEE returned to assist the survey forces at Ascension Island. Calls at Rio de Janeiro and Fernando de Noronaus high- lighted yet another Ascension cruise in early 1958. In June of that year TRUCKEE supporte-d a Midshipmen cruise to Vigo, Spain, Oslo, Norway, and Portsmouth, England. TRUCKEE underwent a shipyard period at Portsmouth, Va., from March 6 - May 21, 1959. Afte-r that, she departed for GTMO, where she achieved the highest operational mark ever awarded a fleet order during refresher training. TRUCKEE served as a Search and Rescue vessel as well as an oiler in August and September of 1959 in the North Atlantic. These operations were in support of President Eisenhower's round trip flight to Europe. The ship was a unit of TF-22 in operations 05 the- coast of South Carolina in the fall of 1959. In January of 1960 TRUCKEE sailed for the Med., where she established an enviable reputation. Captain Cole Crelieved 'by Captain Thomas at press timeb was TRUCKEE'S fifth commanding officer.