Sun Shipbuilding & Drydock Co., Chester, Pennsylvania
Launched
6 April 1929
Fate
Acquired by the US Navy, 1942
United States
Name
USS Halawa
Namesake
Halawa on Molokai in Hawaii
Acquired
1942
Commissioned
10 August 1942
Decommissioned
25 October 1945
Homeport
Pearl Harbor
Fate
Sold, 5 July 1948, scrapped 1956
General characteristics
Type
Gasoline tanker
Displacement
3,650 long tons (3,709 t) full load
Length
255 ft (78 m)
Beam
43 ft (13 m)
Draft
16 ft (4.9 m)
Speed
9 knots (10 mph; 17 km/h)
Complement
63
Armament
1 × 3"/50 caliber gun
USS Halawa (AOG-12) was a gasoline tanker acquired by the U.S. Navy for the dangerous task of transporting gasoline to warships in the fleet, and to remote Navy stations.
Halawa was built as Blue Sunoco in 1929 by Sun Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co., Chester, Pennsylvania, and operated as a tanker for the Sun Oil Co. until acquired by the Navy through the Maritime Commission in 1942. She was renamed Halawa and commissioned 10 April 1942, at Pearl Harbor.
USSHalawa (AOG-12) was a gasoline tanker acquired by the U.S. Navy for the dangerous task of transporting gasoline to warships in the fleet, and to remote...
suspected USS Arizona crew remains were recovered, but were unable to be identified after the attack and were then subsequently buried at either Halawa or Nuuanu...
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and F8, which formed part of Battleship Row, and the visitor center at Halawa Landing. A visitor center and park features galleries on the Pacific theater...
USS Conasauga (AOG-15) was a Halawa-class gasoline tanker acquired by the United States Navy for the dangerous task of transporting gasoline to warships...
boundary follows Halawa Stream, then crosses Red Hill and runs just west of Aliamanu Crater, so that Aloha Stadium, Pearl Harbor (with the USS Arizona Memorial)...
of a memorial over the vessel and the USS Arizona memorial was dedicated in 1962. It includes a complex at Halawa Landing (opposite Ford Island) and a...
museum gain access via tour bus from the Pearl Harbor Historic Sites on Halawa landing. The museum has received awards for their efforts to restore historical...
USS Actus (SP-516) History Name Halawa Actus (1910) Owner Raymond Hoagland George W. Childs Drexel (1910) E. B. Dane (1910–1917) U.S. Navy 1917 U.S. Army...
historic sites such as the USS Arizona Memorial and the USS Bowfin, the Admiral Clarey Bridge to Ford Island leading to the USS Missouri, and Aloha Stadium...
King of Hawaii. University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 978-0-8248-2700-7. I-H3, Halawa Interchange to Halekou Interchange, Honolulu: Environmental Impact Statement...
Press. p. 17. "Kalaupapa Settlement Boundary Study. Along North Shore to Halawa Valley, Molokai" (PDF). National Park Service. 2001. Retrieved 2020-06-29...
between Halawa Heights and Halawa Aloha Stadium Skyline Station via Aliipoe Street. Renumbered from Route 74 Halawa Heights, Aliipoe Street, Halawa Aloha...
Disaster Relief Operations". Command History 1992 (PDF) (Report). Vol. 1. Halawa, Hawaii: Commander in Chief, United States Pacific Command; released to...
their license Act 127, SLH 2005 (main sponsor) - designates the path from Halawa landing to Waipahu as the Pearl Harbor Historic Trail 'Ewa Beach Boys and...
Band operated from a building at Supply Base Pearl Harbor, just inside the Halawa Gate. It moved to its current facility in 1967. Since its establishment...
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