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''Caribou'' stood out of [[Pearl Harbor]] on 10 February 1944 for [[Kwajalein]] and [[Eniwetok]], where she served as station tanker until August, providing rear echelon support for the [[US 5th Fleet|Fifth Fleet]]. Moving on to [[Manus Island|Manus]], ''Caribou'' based there while fueling units at sea in support of operations in the Philippines until March 1945. From May through July, she resumed station duty, this time at [[Mindoro]], Manila, and [[Tacloban]], closer to the swiftly moving American advance. Sailing to [[Ulithi]], she carried oil to [[Leyte Island|Leyte]], then made a similar voyage to Guam. ''Caribou'' served from August to December in the [[Mariana Islands]] and at Iwo Jima. |
''Caribou'' stood out of [[Pearl Harbor]] on 10 February 1944 for [[Kwajalein]] and [[Eniwetok]], where she served as station tanker until August, providing rear echelon support for the [[US 5th Fleet|Fifth Fleet]]. Moving on to [[Manus Island|Manus]], ''Caribou'' based there while fueling units at sea in support of operations in the Philippines until March 1945. From May through July, she resumed station duty, this time at [[Mindoro]], Manila, and [[Tacloban]], closer to the swiftly moving American advance. Sailing to [[Ulithi]], she carried oil to [[Leyte Island|Leyte]], then made a similar voyage to Guam. ''Caribou'' served from August to December in the [[Mariana Islands]] and at Iwo Jima. |
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Revision as of 09:09, 14 January 2014
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Name: | USS Caribou |
Launched: | 2 November 1943 |
Commissioned: | 25 November 1943 |
Decommissioned: | 3 May 1946 |
Honors and awards: | 1 battle star |
Fate: | sold |
General characteristics | |
Class & type: | Armadillo-class tanker |
Displacement: | 3665 tons |
Length: | 441 feet 6 inches |
Beam: | 56 feet 11 inches |
Draft: | 28 feet 4 inches |
Speed: | 11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph) |
Complement: | 79 officers and men |
Armament: | one five-inch (127 mm) gun, one three-inch (76 mm) gun |
USS Caribou (IX-114), an Armadillo-class tanker designated an unclassified miscellaneous vessel, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the caribou. Her keel was laid down by the California Shipbuilding Corporation, in Wilmington, California, as Nathaniel B. Palmer under a Maritime Commission contract. She was launched on 2 November 1943 sponsored by Mrs. T. A. Gregory, acquired by the Navy on 25 November 1943 and commissioned the same day with Lieutenant Commander A. J. Nall in command, and reported to the Pacific Fleet.
Caribou stood out of Pearl Harbor on 10 February 1944 for Kwajalein and Eniwetok, where she served as station tanker until August, providing rear echelon support for the Fifth Fleet. Moving on to Manus, Caribou based there while fueling units at sea in support of operations in the Philippines until March 1945. From May through July, she resumed station duty, this time at Mindoro, Manila, and Tacloban, closer to the swiftly moving American advance. Sailing to Ulithi, she carried oil to Leyte, then made a similar voyage to Guam. Caribou served from August to December in the Mariana Islands and at Iwo Jima.
On 2 December 1945, Caribou cleared Guam for Norfolk, Virginia. There she was decommissioned on 3 May 1946, and delivered to the War Shipping Administration for sale 6 May 1946.
References
- This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
External links
- Photo gallery at navsource.org
The original article can be found at USS Caribou (IX-114) and the edit history here.