USN · AO
Neosho
Photos and infoFleet oiler, AO-23. On 7 May 1942 Japanese carrier aircraft mistook her and Sims for the American carriers and wrecked her. Henley scuttled the hulk on 11 May. Not credited to one Japanese ship.
| Type | Oiler (AO) |
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| Hull | AO-23 |
| Fate | Sunk. Wrecked by aircraft from Shokaku and Zuikaku on 7 May 1942, with Sims. She did not go down in that attack. Not credited to one ship. On 11 May the destroyer Henley scuttled the hulk. This is AO-23. |
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Laid down, displacement, length, beam, draft, speed, and complement are not stored for each hull, so this table leaves them out.
U.S. Navy. Neosho (AO-23) before the war. This is the oiler lost in the Coral Sea, not a later ship of the same name. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
The pictures on this page are the originals.
No color version yet. Colored pictures and film will be added here.
Command
Attack on Pearl Harbor
1941-12-07 · got clear; not sunk
Battle of the Coral Sea
1942-05-08 · wrecked on 7 May
