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Tolovano
T3-S2-A1
Cimmeron/Ashtabula Class Fleet Oiler:
Laid down, 6 June 1944, as a Maritime Commission type (T3-S2-A3) tanker hull under Maritime
Commission contract, (MC hull 730) at Bethlehem Steel Shipyard, Sparrows Point, MD.
Launched, 6 January 1945
Commissioned USS Tolovana (AO-64), 24 February 1945
Decommissioned in December 1949
Placed in service with the Navy Transportation Service
Placed in service by MSTS as USNS Tolovana (T-AO-64)
Placed out of service in February 1951
Recommissioned, USS Tolovana (AO-64), 24 May 1951
Decommissioned , 15 April 1975, at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, CA.
Struck from the Naval Register, 15 April 1975
Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 16 October 1965, to Levin Metals Corp. under contract #
(MA-8100) for $1.5M
( See photos below )
Specifications:
Displacement 7,236 t.(lt) 25,440 t.(fl)
Length 553'
Beam 75'
Draft 32'
Speed 18 kts.
Complement 314
Armament one single 5"/38 dual purpose gun mount, four single 3"/50 dual purpose gun mounts,
four twin 40mm gun mounts, four twin 20mm gun mounts
Cargo Capacity 146,000 barrels
Propulsion geared turbines, twin screws, 30,400hp

View the Tolovana (AO-64)
DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center web site.

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USS Tolovana (AO-64) underway, date and place unknown. Note the absence of 3" guns.
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USS Tolovana (AO-64) underway, date and place unknown. Note the absence of 3" guns.
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USS Tolovana (AO-64) underway, date and place unknown.
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USS Tolovana (AO-64) underway, overhead view, March 1945.
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USS Tolovana (AO-64), moored to a buoy at Sasebo, Japan in 1954.
( Photo Erich Utecht )
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USS Tolovana (AO-64) in drydock 1955.
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USS Tolovana (AO-64) refueling Shelton (DD-790) and Antietam (CVA-36),
date and place unknown.
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USS Tolovana (AO-64) moored pierside, Pier 9 Long Beach Naval Station, June 1968.
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USS Tolovana (AO-64) refueling Floyd B. Parks (DD-884) to starboard and
John R. Craig (DD-885), to port, date and place unknown.
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USS Tolovana (AO-64) underway, stern view, date and place unknown.
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USS Tolovana (AO-64) underway in Subic Bay, P.I. in 1971.
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USS Tolovana (AO-64) in 1975, still active after 30 years.
( Photo thanks to Robert M. Cieri )
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USS Tolovana (AO-64) taking fueling station alongside Essex (CVA-9), Taiwan Straits 1958.
Bow of Chevalier (DD-805) is just visible beyond Tolovana
( Photo thanks to Jim Dull )
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USS Tolovana (AO-64) pulling away from Essex (CVA-9) after fueling evolution has been completed.
Taiwan Straits 1958.      ( Photo thanks to Jim Dull )
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USS Tolovana (AO-64) underway, date and place unknown. Note the absence of 3" guns.
( Photo thanks to Erich Utecht )
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USS Tolovana (AO-64)moored pierside, Pier 9 Long Beach Naval Station, June 1968.
( Photo thanks to Erich Utecht )
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USS Tolovana (AO-64) during an UNREP with USS Bennington (CVS-20), circa November-December 1966.
( US Navy photo )

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