page_title: USS Mississinewa (AO-144)
section_title: Military Sealift Command, 1976–1991
hierarchical_section_title: USS Mississinewa (AO-144) / Service history / Military Sealift Command, 1976–1991
caption_attribution_description: English: The U.S. Military Sealift Command fleet oiler USNS Mississinewa (T-AO 144) underway on 14 November 1986.
context_page_description: USS Mississinewa (AO-144) was a Neosho-class fleet oiler of the United States Navy in service from 1955 to the early 1990s.
  The second Mississinewa was laid down by New York Shipbuilding Corporation, Camden, New Jersey, in May 1953 and was launched on 12 June 1954, sponsored by Mrs. Wright. She was commissioned on 18 January 1955, Captain M. J. Jensen in command.
context_section_description: Mississinewa was decommissioned on 15 November 1976 by the U.S. Navy, and placed in service with the Military Sealift Command as USNS Mississinewa (T-AO-144), continuing her service with a civilian crew. She was placed out of service in 1991 and struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 16 February 1994.
caption: USNS Mississinewa in 1986.
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