USNS Ponchatoula

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USS Ponchatoula (AO-148) was one of six Neosho-class fleet oilers built for the United States Navy, in service from 1956 to 1992, and named for the Ponchatoula Creek which rises in Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana, and flows into the Natalbany River, west of Ponchatoula, Louisiana. She was the second U.S. Naval vessel to bear the name.

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T-AO-148; T-AO-148
length 199.8 metre, 
Neosho-class fleet replenishment oiler, replenishment oiler, New York Shipbuilding CorporationUnited States Navy

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    1954-03-01T00:00:00Z
    1954-03-01T00:00:00Z
    keel laying
    1956-01-12T00:00:00Z
    1956-01-12T00:00:00Z
    ship commissioning
    1955-07-09T00:00:00Z
    1955-07-09T00:00:00Z
    ship launching
    1980-09-05T00:00:00Z
    1980-09-05T00:00:00Z
    ship decommissioning
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    AO-148 Ponchatoula (19-NN-AO-148 Ponchatoula-155384) - DPLA - 7a5219ca1ab9efc59745564b2a82faa0AO-148 Ponchatoula (19-NN-AO-148 Ponchatoula-155384) - DPLA - 7a5219ca1ab9efc59745564b2a82faa0
    AO-148 Ponchatoula (19-NN-AO-148 Ponchatoula-155382) - DPLA - 5323477a6bcfd6d34137a202eb68d9b8AO-148 Ponchatoula (19-NN-AO-148 Ponchatoula-155382) - DPLA - 5323477a6bcfd6d34137a202eb68d9b8
    Aerial view of USS Iowa (BB-61) and other ships laid-up in Suisun Bay, California (USA), circa in the early 2000sAerial view of USS Iowa (BB-61) and other ships laid-up in Suisun Bay, California (USA), circa in the early 2000s
    AO-148 Ponchatoula (19-NN-AO-148 Ponchatoula-155381) - DPLA - 6fb6ce77685968f6927a7804246115d2AO-148 Ponchatoula (19-NN-AO-148 Ponchatoula-155381) - DPLA - 6fb6ce77685968f6927a7804246115d2
    AO-148 Ponchatoula (19-NN-AO-148 Ponchatoula-155398) - DPLA - 6751088ae49877cb7657d4c8fde6011eAO-148 Ponchatoula (19-NN-AO-148 Ponchatoula-155398) - DPLA - 6751088ae49877cb7657d4c8fde6011e
    USS Ponchatoula (AO-148)USS Ponchatoula (AO-148)
    USNS Ponchatoula T-AO 148USNS Ponchatoula T-AO 148
    John La Marr, science advisor to the commander, Seventh Fleet, watches from a bridge wing aboard the amphibious command ship USS BLUE RIDGE (LCC-19) as an underway replenishment is - DPLA - cdf3be5e6935024c1d9df6bc5d21ff6eJohn La Marr, science advisor to the commander, Seventh Fleet, watches from a bridge wing aboard the amphibious command ship USS BLUE RIDGE (LCC-19) as an underway replenishment is - DPLA - cdf3be5e6935024c1d9df6bc5d21ff6e
    USS Ponchatoula (AO-148) underway in 1956USS Ponchatoula (AO-148) underway in 1956
    USS Ponchatoula (AO-148) refuels USS Ranger (CVA-61) and USS Coontz (DLG-9) in 1961USS Ponchatoula (AO-148) refuels USS Ranger (CVA-61) and USS Coontz (DLG-9) in 1961