Talk:USS Neosho (AO-23)

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65.30.117.192 19:57, 18 December 2005 (UTC)Bob-RJ Burkhart LCDR-USNR, Ret.
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[edit] USS Neosho (River Name Origin)

USS Neosho (AO-23) ... fleet replenishment Oiler (ship),
was the 2nd ship of the United States Navy to be named for the Neosho River
in Kansas and Oklahoma. ... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Neosho_(AO-23)

The Four USS Neoshos
The Neosho River is a tributary of the Arkansas River and lies in northeastern Oklahoma.
There have been four Navy ships named Neosho including the AO-23
http://www.delsjourney.com/uss_neosho/four_neoshos.htm

Kansas History as Published in the Press, Kansas Historical Quarterlies...
digitized with permission of the Kansas State Historical Society. ...
"Neosho Tanker,"United States Navy oilers named for the Neosho river, October 30
http://kancoll.org//////////khq/1948/48_1_offthepress.htm

Lindsborg, Kansas newspaper history was reviewed in the Lindsborg News-Record,
September 18, 1947. The earliest paper was the Lindsborg Localist, first issued April 19, 1879.

Included among the recent subjects discussed by W. W. Graves
in his "History of Neosho County," published in the Saint Paul, Kansas Journal,
were the following: "Farmers Union," September 18, 1947;
"The Grange," September 25; "Farmers Alliance," October 9;
"The Farm Bureau," October 16;
"Neosho Tanker," United States navy oilers named for the Neosho river, October 30