Navy | The US Navy |
Type | Oiler |
Class | Cimarron |
Pennant | AO 24 |
Built by | Bethlehem Steel Corp. (Sparrows Point, Maryland, U.S.A.) |
Ordered | |
Laid down | |
Launched | 8 Jul 1939 |
Commissioned | 1 Dec 1939 |
End service | |
History | Sold to be broken up for scrap on 14 May 1971 |
Commands listed for USS Platte (AO 24)
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Commander | From | To | |
1 | Cdr. Pal Lamar Meadows, USN | 1 Dec 1939 | late 1940 (1) |
2 | Cdr. Ralph Harold Henkle, USN | late 1940 | 17 Dec 1942 |
3 | Cdr. Harry Keeler, Jr., USN | 17 Dec 1942 | 30 Aug 1943 |
4 | T/Capt. Clinton Henry Sigel, USNR | 30 Aug 1943 | 9 Mar 1944 |
5 | Francis Stephenson Gibson, USNR | 9 Mar 1944 | 18 Jun 1945 |
6 | Lt. Cmdr. Louis Martin Fabian, USNR | 18 Jun 1945 | late 1945 |
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Notable events involving Platte include:
25 Jan 1944
USS Iowa (Capt. J.L. McCrea, USN) fuelled at sea from USS Platte (Cdr. C.H. Cigel, USNR).
1 Jul 1944
USS Iowa (Capt. J.L. McCrea, USN) fuelled from the USS Caliente (Lt.Cdr. A.E. Stiff, USNR).
30 Jul 1944
USS Iowa (Capt. J.L. McCrea, USN) fuelled from the USS Caliente (Lt.Cdr. A.E. Stiff, USNR).
5 Jun 1945
All ships of the Task Group including USS Iowa (Capt. J.L. Holloway, Jr., USN) were fuelled by a group of oilers. Iowa herself was fuelled by the USS Platte (Cdr. L.M. Fabian, USNR). Fueling was stopped at 1900 hours and continued the following morning.