USS Vesuvius (AE-15)
The fourth USS ''Vesuvius'' (AE-15) was laid down under a Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 1381) by the North Carolina Shipbuilding Company, Wilmington, N.C.; launched on 26 May 1944; acquired by the United States Navy on 4 July 1944; and commissioned on 16 January 1945. Service history World War II, 1945–1946 The ship underwent builder's trials out of Brooklyn, New York, and then began shakedown out of Hampton Roads, Virginia, in Chesapeake Bay. On 17 February, she sailed to Earle, New Jersey, to load ammunition. She then headed for the island of Ulithi, via the Panama Canal, on 5 March. She reached her destination on 5 April and promptly unloaded and took on more cargo. ''Vesuvius'' departed for Okinawa on 10 April where she became part of Service Squadron 6. In this role, she replenished ammunition to the Fleet in the waters around Okinawa. In July 1945, ''Vesuvius'' joined a rearming group off Honshū, Japan, to support raids on Japan by the United States Third Fl ...
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USS Vesuvius (AE-15) Underway Off Hawaii On 1963
USS ''Vesuvius'' may refer to: *, a bomb ketch operated during the first decade of the 19th century *, a bomb brig saw action during the Mexican–American War *''Tippecanoe'', a ''Canonicus''-class monitor, was renamed ''Vesuvius'' on 15 June 1869 and subsequently renamed USS Wyandotte (1864), ''Wyandotte'' on 10 August 1869 *, a dynamite gun cruiser which bombarded Cuba during the Spanish–American War *, an ammunition ship that saw action during World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War The 1806 ship was named for the volcano namesake and all others named after the 1806 ship. {{DEFAULTSORT:Vesuvius, Uss United States Navy ship names ...
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