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| 1st
Div
-
Commissioning
Day
Earliest known photo of USS Hassayampa (AO-145) as a Commissioned Naval Ship - taken April 19, 1955. Photo courtesy of Al Kahn |
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| Play
Ball!
1955
ComServPac
Championship
Softball
Team
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USS
Hassayampa
(AO-145) (The ship was so new they hadn't even painted the "O" in her Hull Number yet and she still had that "new ship smell"). Photo courtesy of Al Kahn |
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| Ship's
Officers
(L-R) ENS Smith, LTJG Tom Conlon, and LTJG Al Kahn Photo courtesy of Al Kahn |
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| Secure
From
UNREP
LT(jg) Al Kahn after a long day refueling. Photo courtesy of Al Kahn |