USNS Tippecanoe (T-AO-199)

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Career (US)
USNS Tippecanoe (T-AO 199) and the MSC hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH-19) conduct a replenishment at sea in the Indian Ocean. Apr. 8, 2005.
Ordered:	24 March 1989 [1]
Commissioned:	8 February 1993
Fate:	active in service
General characteristics

USNS Tippecanoe (T-AO-199) is a Henry J. Kaiser-class underway replenishment oiler operated by the Military Sealift Command to support ships of the United States Navy.

In January 2005, the Tippecanoe was part of the US relief effort in response to the Indian Ocean tsunami. [2]

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Tippecanoe refuels USS Bulkeley (DDG-84)

v • d • e Henry J. Kaiser-class fleet replenishment oiler

Henry J. Kaiser \| Joshua Humphreys \| John Lenthall \| Andrew J. Higgins \| Benjamin Isherwood \| Henry Eckford \| Walter S. Diehl \| John Ericsson \| Leroy Grumman \| Kanawha \| Pecos \| Big Horn \| *Tippecanoe* \| Guadalupe \| Patuxent \| Yukon \| Laramie \| Rappahannock

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