Navy | The US Navy |
Type | Oiler |
Class | Cimarron |
Pennant | AO 32 |
Built by | Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co. (Newport News, Virginia, U.S.A.) |
Ordered | |
Laid down | |
Launched | 26 Jan 1940 |
Commissioned | 19 Jun 1941 |
End service | 1974 |
History | Decommissioned in 1974 |
Commands listed for USS Guadalupe (AO 32)
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Commander | From | To | |
1 | Cdr. Harry Raymond Thurber, USN | 19 Jun 1941 | 24 May 1942 (1) |
2 | Cdr. James Shepherd Freeman, USN | 24 May 1942 | 10 Jan 1943 |
3 | Herbert Augustus Anderson, USN | 10 Jan 1943 | 26 Dec 1944 |
4 | Charles Albert Boddy, USNR | 26 Dec 1944 | 14 Jun 1945 |
5 | Robert Neil Gardner, USNR | 14 Jun 1945 | early 1946 |
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Notable events involving Guadalupe include:
10 Sep 1944
USS Iowa (Capt. A.R. McCann, USN) fuelled from the USS Guadalupe (Cdr. H.A. Anderson, USN).
24 Nov 1944
All heavy ships of the Task Group including USS Iowa (Capt. A.R. McCann, USN) were fuelled by a group of oilers. Iowa herself was fuelled by the USS Guadalupe (Cdr. H.A. Anderson, USN).