Kaweah-class oiler
The Kaweah-class oiler was a class of oil tankers of United States Navy during the Second World War.
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Class overview | |
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Name | Kaweah class |
Builders | William Cramp & Sons |
Operators | United States Navy |
Preceded by | Patoka class |
Succeeded by | Cimarron class |
Subclasses | Alameda class |
Built | 1918-1921 |
In commission | 1919-1946 |
Planned | 4 |
Completed | 4 |
Retired | 4 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Oil tanker |
Displacement |
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Length | 446 ft (136 m) |
Beam | 58 ft (18 m) (waterline) |
Draft | 25 ft 6 in (7.77 m) (mean) |
Depth | 33 ft 3 in (10.13 m) |
Installed power | 2,800 shp (2,100 kW) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 11 knots (20 km/h) |
Capacity | 1,000 tons |
Complement | 252 |
Armament |
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Development
Four oilers were ordered for construction by the William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia. These ships were the remaining four 1917 program oilers, 5450/14,500-ton tankers built to USSB Design 1128 between 1919 and 1921. Similar in size and speed to the Patoka-class, the Alameda and Kaweah-classes also served principally as transport tankers.[1]
Ships of class
Pennant number | Name | Callsign | Builders | Launched | Commissioned | Decommissioned | Fate |
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Alameda-class oiler[2] | |||||||
AO-10 | Alameda | NJRS | William Cramp & Sons | 15 July 1919 | 17 October 1919 | 29 March 1946 | Scrapped on 21 January 1947 |
Kaweah-class oiler[2] | |||||||
AO-15 | Kaweah | NUGK | William Cramp & Sons | 1919 | 28 December 1921 | 16 November 1945 | Scrapped on 28 May 1946 |
AO-16 | Laramie | NUGL | 28 December 1921 | 16 November 1945 | Scrapped on 28 May 1946 | ||
AO-17 | Mattole | NUGM | 16 March 1920 | 28 December 1921 | 25 October 1945 | Scrapped on 28 May 1946 |
Citations
- "EFC Design 1128: Illustrations". www.shipscribe.com. Retrieved 6 December 2021.
- "NavSource Auxiliary Ship Photo Archive". www.navsource.org. Retrieved 6 December 2021.
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