USS Caliente AO-53

Norm Street - RD2 1960-1962

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• Laid down as a Maritime Commission type (T3-S2-A3) hull, under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 719), at Bethlehem Steel Shipyard, Sparrows Point, MD.
• Launched, 25 August 1943
• Commissioned USS Caliente (AO-53), 12 October 1943
• Decommissioned, 15 December 1973
• Struck form the Naval Register, 15 December 1973
• Transferred to the Maritime Commission for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet
• Final Disposition, disposed of by the Maritime Administration (MARAD) sale, 5 April 1974, fate unknown
• Caliente received 10 battle stars for World War II service, 4 for Korean War service and 8 for Vietnam War service

Commanding Officers:
CDR E. G. Genthner - 10-43 - 11-43
LCDR A. L. Cruser - 11-43 - 12-43
LCDR A. E. Stiff - 12-43 - 12-43
CDR H. I. Schroeder - 12-43-06-44
LCDR A. E. Stiff - 06-44 - 12-44
LCDR F. N. Lang - 12-44 - 06-45
CDR G. L. Eastman - 06-45 - 05-46
CAPT E. L. Lugibihl - 05-46 - 10-47
CAPT D. F. Crick - 10-47 - 10-48
CAPT J. W. Schmidt - 10-48 - 10-49
CAPT W. A. Cockwell - 10-49 - 09-50
CAPT F. W. McCann - 09-50 - 12-51
CDR R. A. Dawes Jr. - 12-51 - 04-53
CAPT H. M. Maples - 04-53 - 12-54
CAPT R. G. Copeland - 12-54 - 01-56
CAPT S. C. Loomis Jr. - 01-56 - 02-57
CAPT R. H. Wanless - 02-57 - 03-58
CAPT O. W. Goepner - 03-58 - 06-59
CAPT C. B. Carroll - 06-59 - 06-60
CAPT T. D. Davies - 06-60 - 07-61
CAPT J. D. Worley - 07-61 - 09-62
CAPT P. M. Paul - 09-62 - 09-63
CAPT A. G. Plemons - 09-63 - 07-64
CAPT M. R. Etheridge - 07-64 - 07-65
CAPT J. W. Beadles - 07-65 - 12-66
CAPT R. W. Jackson - 12-66 - 04-68
CAPT H. E. Phelps - 04-68 - 09-69
CAPT O. H. Oberg - 09-69 - 01-71
CAPT G. D. Howard - 01-71 - 01-72
CDR D. A. McGuiness - 01-72 - 11-73
LCDR J. M. Haffey - 11-73 - 12-73

Decommissioned 15 December 1973, Berth 63 Pier 6, U.S. Naval Shipyard, Long Beach, CA (Department of the Navy, Naval Historical Center, Washington Navy Yard, Washington, DC)

The USS Caliente was sold to National Metal & Steel Corp. 691 New Dock St. Terminal Island, CA 90731 on April 5, 1974 for $426,819.19. (Fleet Disposal Branch, Division of Reserve Fleet Maritime Administration, April 8, 1974)