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New Photos have been added to the Photo Album!  All of our photos need CAPTIONS... so take a look at the photos and if you can tell us anything about the photo or the people, email the Webmaster with your comments!
 
Please take a moment to view our new SICK BAY page.
The page is now accessible from the navigation bar (on the left)
 
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The Reunion Information is Here!
 
Please "click" here 
or on the Link to the Left to view!
 
   ANNOUNCEMENT  
 
Dennis F. Smith passed away
unexpectedly on April 12, 2008 at home. 
He is survived by his spouse, Jeanne M. Smith
and his three children, Dennis, Samantha and Craig.
 
Albert F. Bagley, Jr.  passed away on
April 30, 2008, at home. 
He is survived by his spouse,  Helen C. Wood Bagley,
his three children (David, Robert and Bret (Albert F. Bagley, III),
and his three step-children (Michael and Tony Heiberger and Joine Heiberger Weirich). 
 
To all Crewmembers:
Please note that the following contact information has been changed.
 
For Applications, Crew Rosters, Taps Listing, etc. the new
Secretaries are Dick & Yvonne Crossman
 
For the website, please contact the Web Master at
 

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The USS ELOKOMIN (AO-55) was an auxiliary oiler of the United States Navy, attached to Service Force, Atlantic Fleet. All Oilers of the Navy, by tradition, are named after rivers with Indian names; the ELOKOMIN was no exception. The ELOKOMIN river is a small river, 22 miles in length, which is located in Wahkiaukum County in the state of Washington.

The name of the river was given by the local Indians and means “lost hunter or chief”. This was derived from an old legend concerning an Indian Chief being lost in the canyons along the upper Elokomin. To this day, there is some dispute as to the proper spelling of the river’s name. Locally, it is spelled ELOCHOMAN, however, the Federal and State governments spell it ELOKOMIN.

In the beginning, there was COLD STEEL.......

Designed by the U.S. Maritime Commission

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This web site is dedicated to the men that served onboard
the USS Elokomin (AO 55) from 1943 to 1970.

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