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USS ''Oahu'' (ARG-5) was laid down as ''Caleb C. Wheeler'', MCV hull 1782, 14 August 1943 by the Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Inc., Baltimore, Maryland; launched 9 September 1943; sponsored by Mrs. O. F. Hurt; acquired by the U.S. Navy from the Maritime Commission 15 September 1943; converted by the Maryland Drydock Company, Baltimore, Maryland; and commissioned 4 April 1944, Comdr. Clyde Lovelace in command. == World War II Pacific Theatre Operations == Following a Chesapeake Bay shakedown, the repair ship ''Oahu'' departed Hampton Roads, Virginia, 16 May 1944, steaming south and then west. Transiting the Panama Canal, she headed out into the Pacific. On 8 July she arrived at Eniwetok and on the 11th began repairing the damaged vessels of the Pacific Fleet. ''Oahu'' remained based at Eniwetok for the greater part of the next eight months. There she kept Allied vessels, naval and merchant, in trim and prepared them for the Philippine and Iwo Jima operations. Moving forward to Ulithi at the end of February 1945, she serviced the ships gathering for the invasion of Okinawa during March and then returned to the Marshalls. ''Oahu'' continued her work at Eniwetok until 6 December when she got underway for the United States. == Post-War return to Stateside == Arriving at San Pedro, California, 25 December, ''Oahu'', having repaired over two thousand ships during the war, was ordered to San Diego, California, to complete repair and pre-inactivation work on vessels going into mothballs. == Decommissioning == On 22 November she herself was ordered inactivated, and decommissioned in January 1947. She was berthed at San Diego as a unit of the Pacific Reserve Fleet until transferred in July 1963 to the Maritime Administration and laid up at Suisun Bay. She remained there as a unit of the National Defense Reserve Fleet. == Awards == USS ''Oahu'' (AGR–5) received one battle star for World War II service. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「USS Oahu (ARG-5)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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