AO Auxiliary oilers played a vital part in WWII supplying not only oil and gas for their operation away from ports, they also supplied fresh drinking water and items that allowed them to remain in the combat zones far from US bases.

You will find many of their web sites listed on page two of the Fleet Tanker Association listed. You can return to this page using your computers back arrow.

http://www.fleettankerassociation.com/ship_pages.htm

Other interesting navy sites are listed on the page three of the Fleet Tanker Association

Awards and citations received by the USS Tamalpais AO-96 can be viewed by going to

http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/19/19096.htm

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