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Detroit (AOE-4) keel laying, showing the first section of the keel in place, at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, 29 November 1966.
US Naval History and Heritage Command, Photo # NH 78711 |
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Left to Right; USS Arctic (AOE-8)
USS Seattle (AOE-3),
USS Supply (AOE-6) and
USS Detroit (AOE-4) moored at Naval Weapons Station Earle, N.J., date unknown. |
Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret. |
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USS Detroit (AOE-4) underway, date and location unknown.
US Navy photo from "NAVSEA Journal" |
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USS Detroit (AOE-4) underway, date and location unknown.
US Navy photo |
Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret. |
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USS Detroit (AOE-4) underway, date and location unknown.
US Navy photo |
Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret. |
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USS Detroit (AOE-4) underway off Norfolk, VA. date unknown.
©Nobe Smith |
Nicholas Tiberio |
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USS Detroit (AOE-4) underway off Popham Beach, ME. as she heads overhaul at Bath Iron Works, Bath ME. in July 1976. |
Peter E. Doane |
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USS Detroit (AOE-4) moored at NOB Norfolk, VA., circa 1978.
Photo by Karsten Petersen |
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USS Detroit (AOE-4) underway in the harbor at Genoa, Italy, 1 October 1979. |
Photo by Carlo Martinelli |
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Aerial view of the Independence (CV-62) battle group in the Atlantic Ocean, 12 December 1979, as it heads home from deployment in the Mediterranean Sea. The ships are, clockwise from top, USS Farragut (DDG-37),
USS McCandless (FF-1084),
USS Independence (CV-62),
USS Detroit (AOE-4),
USS Garcia (FF-1040),
USS Mahan (DDG-42),
USS Caron
(DD-970) and
USS Peterson (DD-969).
US Navy photo by PHC C. Pedrick (DVIC id: DNSC8200297). |
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USS Detroit (AOE-4) refueling the aircraft carrier USS Forrestal (CV-59) and the
guided missile cruiser USS Josephus Daniels (CG-27), in 1981. The Forrestal, with assigned
Carrier Air Wing 17 (CVW-17), was deployed to the Mediterranean Sea
from 2 March to 15 September 1981.
U.S. Navy photo from the USS Forrestal (CV-59) 1981 cruise book |
Robert Hurst |
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USS Detroit (AOE 4) anchored at San Remo, Italy 1986 |
Photo submitted by Tom Kermen, courtesy of Michael Hughes, USS Detroit |
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USS Detroit (AOE-4) underway, date and location unknown.
US Navy photo |
USS Detroit (AOE-4) web site |
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USS Detroit (AOE-4) underway, date and location unknown. |
Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret. |
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USS Detroit (AOE-4) conducts an underway replenishment (UNREP) with the aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67) and the guided-missile cruiser USS San Jacinto (CG-56) during Operation Desert Storm..
Department of Defense photo # DN-SC-91-05321 PERSIAN GULF Feb. 9, 1991, a US Navy photo by PH3 Chester O. Falkenhainer III, now in the collections of Defense Imagery.com. |
USS Detroit (AOE-4) web site |
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USS Detroit (AOE-4) replenishing two destroyers, date and location unknown.
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USS Detroit (AOE-4) in port, date and location unknown.
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USS Ford (FFG 54) moves off after replenishing from USS Detroit (AOE 4) while conducting operations in the Arabian Gulf in support of Operation Southern Watch, 6 January 1998. Photo by PH3 Joseph Hendricks
US Navy photo 980106-N-2302H-001 |
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USS Detroit (AOE-4) and USS Philippine Sea (CG-58) during underway replenishment operations, 23 February 1999. The ships are in the Adriatic Sea supporting NATO air strikes in Kosovo.
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USS Detroit (AOE 4) during an underway replenishment of USS Peterson (DD-969), date and location unknown. |
Robert Hurst |
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USS Detroit (AOE-4) and USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) conduct a replenishment at sea (RAS) while underway in the Arabian Sea supporting Operation Enduring Freedom, 6 December 2001.
US Navy photo # 011206-N-2003S-503 by PH2(AW) Jason Scarborough. |
USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) web site |
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A CH-46 “Sea Knight” helicopter assigned to the “Dragon Whales” of Helicopter Combat Support Squadron Eight (HC-8) attached to USS Detroit (AOE-4) assists in the turn over between USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67) and USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) in the Red Sea. The two ships are conducting weapons transfer operations while turning over deployment responsibilities. Theodore Roosevelt is returning to her homeport of Norfolk.
US Navy photo # 020306-N-1328C-008 At sea aboard USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) Mar. 6, 2002 by PHC Eric A. Clement. |
Robert M. Cieri |
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The guided missile cruiser USS Gettysburg
(CG-64), top, and the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN-65), bottom, underway alongside USS Detroit (AOE-4) during a replenishment at sea, 11 November 2003, in the Arabian Sea. The Enterprise Carrier Strike Group (CSG) was on a scheduled deployment conducting missions in support of Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom.
US Navy photo # 031111-N-6259P |
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USS Detroit (AOE-4) steams alongside USS Enterprise (CVN-65) while conducting an early morning Replenishment at Sea (RAS) in the Arabian Sea, 10 January 2004. Both ships were conducting missions in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
US Navy photo #040110-N-5405H-001 by PHAN Joshua E. Helgeson.
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The nuclear powered aircraft carrier
USS USS Enterprise (CVN-65), USS Detroit (AOE-4), and the guided missile cruiser USS Gettysburg (CG-64) perform a replenishment at sea, 27 January 2004, in the Persian Gulf. The Enterprise Carrier Strike Group (CSG) was nearing the end of a scheduled deployment in the region. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate Airman
Joshua E. Helgeson (# 040127-N-5405H-002). |
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USS Detroit (AOE-4) during a double underway replenishment in the Arabian Gulf, 27 January 2004. Note the MH-60S Knighthawk assigned to the “Chargers” of Helicopter Combat Support Squadron Six (HC-6) (redesignated HSC-26 in 2005), lifts cargo from the flight deck of Detroit for transfer to the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN-65) during a vertical replenishment.
US Navy photo # 040127-N-5405H-008 by PHAN Joshua E. Helgeson. |
Robert Hurst |
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USS Detroit (AOE-4) breaks away following an underway replenishment with nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN-65) in the North Sea, 1 July 2004. Enterprise is one of seven aircraft carriers participating in Summer Pulse 2004. Summer Pulse 2004 is the simultaneous deployment of seven aircraft carrier strike groups (CSGs), demonstrating the ability of the Navy to provide credible combat power across the globe, in five theaters with other U.S., allied, and coalition military forces. Summer Pulse is the Navy's first deployment under its new Fleet Response Plan (FRP).
US Navy photo # 040701-N-5952R-083 by PHAN Alex J. Recalde Jr. |
Robert Hurst |
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Overhead view of USS Detroit (AOE-4) underway, date and location unknown. |
Tommy Trampp |
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Overhead view of USS Detroit (AOE-4) underway, date and location unknown. |
Tommy Trampp |
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Ex-USS Detroit (AOE-4) starts her final trip from the NAVSEA Inactive Ships On-site Maintenance Office, Philadelphia, PA, 21 October 2005. She is being pulled away from the pier, under the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard drawbridge, heading to the Delaware River and Brownsville, Texas for scrapping at ESCO Marine, Inc., Brownsville,
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Photos by Ed Zajkowski |
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USS Detroit (AOE-4) Mediterranean Cruise patch |
Tommy Trampp |
