USS NECHES AO47 ASSOCIATION
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All those who served aboard the most decorated fleet tanker in the US Navy, the USS Neches AO47, any time between her commissioning in 1942 and decommissioning in 1970 are welcome to join the Association. Contact Johnny Hanlon. Email address johnnyhanlon@cox.net. or by phone 1-918-245-8881 or by writing to him at 400 West 31st Court, Sand Springs, OK. 74063 . The 2012 reunion will be held in Memphis, TN.. The dates will be announced at a later date but will be in the month of September 2012.. Click on "Upcoming reunion" for the details, which will be available at a later date. Mack Hughes will be the coordinator for this reunion and Mack can be reached by email mahu4u@bellsouth.net or by phone at 901-867-0821. The organization has more than 125 members including several from the original USS Neches AO5 which was lost off Hawaii in January, 1942.
Membership dues are $15.00 per year. We have a reunion each year, Our last reunion was held in San Antonio, Texas and a recap of the activities there can be found by clicking on "Previous Reunion". If you know of any former crewmembers who may not be aware of our organization and may be interested in joining, please let them know where to reach us or let Johnny Hanlon know where he can contact them. In order to surf this site use the "buttons" located just above the heading. To return to this page, click "Home" from any page.
When emailing to Johnny Hanlon, make sure you put "USS Neches AO-47" in the subject line.
For those who wish their military records go to http://vetrecs.archives.gov/ for information on how to obtain them.
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For information about other US Navy ships I suggest you click on the following websites. http://www.usshancockcv19.com
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For those ship's reunions who wish to advertise their reunion, I suggest www.trea.com The posting is free.
To find a navy ship, go to hullnumber.com and click on the type of vessel you are looking for. Example: To find Tankers: Click on unrep ships and scroll to the ship hull number (as in AO-47) and click.
Johnny Hanlon, President USS Neches Reunion Association
Ed Anderson, webmaster
This page was last updated on 11/23/11.
