After a long career as one of the United States Navy's hardest working Fleet Oilers, the USS Hassayampa (AO-145) has been discarded and now suffers the final indignity of awaiting the scrapper's torch in Suisun Bay, CA.  She is rafted with two other Neosho class oilers, the Kawishiwi and the Ponchatoula, scheduled to meet her fate in December, 2005.

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 Suisun Bay, CA

Map of the San Francisco Bay area showing Suisun Bay

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 The Reserve Fleet

Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet.  Hassayampa is rafted in Cluster 2.

This is where she is today

 Cluster 2

Three Neosho class oilers rafted in Cluster 2.  The white structure visible just forward of the stack is the civilian berthing space.  One of these ships is Hassayampa.  The other two are the Kawishiwi and the Ponchatoula.

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