USS Elokomin

USS Elokomin (AO-55) was a Cimarron-class fleet oiler acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War II.

She continued on active service and from her base at Norfolk, operated mainly along the east coast and on fleet exercises.

She alternated this duty with U.S. 6th Fleet tours in the Mediterranean and North Atlantic Treaty Organization exercises in European waters through 1962.

She was transferred to the Maritime Administration for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet at another unknown date.

This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.

Elokomin refueling USS Franklin D. Roosevelt and USS Massey , April 1959