PORT CANAVERAL, Florida 2nd Fleet Replenishment Ships USS Truckee AO-147 made port here in February 1971 While here all hands had the opportunity to tour the facilities at  the Cape Kennedy Space Center per current records on hand ..........................................

Port Canaveral, A coastal community with a 1.9 square-mile beach, bounded on the west by the Banana River, on the north by Port Canaveral, on the east by the Atlantic Ocean, and on the south by Cocoa Beach. Adjacent to the north side of the Port is the John F. Kennedy Space Center, NASA. Seven miles to the south of the City is Patrick Air Force Base. This strategic Florida location places the City in the center of America's space facilities and immediately adjacent to Port Canaveral, the only deep water port between Fort Lauderdale and Jacksonville. This location also means that the community is an integral part of the retirement-resort -vacation- recreation complex of the north beaches area of Brevard County