USS Neosho AO-23

Type:
Fleet Oiler
Class:
Cimarron
Builder:
Federal Shipbuilding &
Drydock Company
Kearney, New Jersey, U.S.A.
Hull Number:
AO-23
Ordered:
N/A
Commissioned:
August 7, 1939
Keel Laid:
June 22, 1938
Decommissioned:
N/A
Launched:
April 29, 1939
Stricken:
N/A
Fate:
May 7, 1942 Damaged by Japanese aircraft from the carriers Zuikaku and Shokaku during the Battle of the Coral Sea.
Scuttled by USS Henley DD-391 May 11, 1942.

Location: South Pacific (Coral Sea)
Attacked at 15.10S-158.05E, 280 miles south southwest of Rennell Island, Solomon Islands.
Sunk at 15.35S-155.36E, 410 miles south southwest of Rennell Island, Solomon Islands.
(170 miles west by south of where the ship was attacked.)

178 men killed, 109 survivors removed by USS Henley DD-391 on May 11.
4 survivors picked up on May 17 by USS Helm DD-391, but one died of wounds onboard.
(Roll of Honor)


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Page published May 15, 2016