OILER TIPPECANOE PUMPED AID TO TSUNAMI VICTIM From: Sea Classics | Date: May 1, 2005| Author: Duprey, Susan | Copyright Challenge Publications Inc. May 2005. Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

Delivering fuel is its speciality, but with relief supplies needed to support Operation Unified Assistance, the deck of fleet replenishment oiler USNS Tippecanoe (T-AO 199) became a staging platform for aid.

While providing fuel to keep ships and aircraft operating in the Indian Ocean topped off, Tippecanoe also acted as a conduit for humanitarian assistance and disaster relief materials, repeatedly traversing miles of ocean between Singapore and Sumatra to help victims of the tsunami ...