Alameda Class Oiler (1919)

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Four Alameda class oilers were tankers built for the United States Shipping Board and later acquired by the U.S. Navy.

Overview of four vessels
Citations for this data available on individual ship pages
Name Hull No. Builder Laid Down Launched Commissioned Fate
Alameda AO-10 Cramp 16 Dec, 1918 15 Jul, 1919 17 Oct, 1919 Sold 9 Aug, 1922
Kaweah AO-15 Cramp 6 Jan, 1919 14 Aug, 1919 28 Dec, 1921 Sold 28 May, 1946
Laramie AO-16 Cramp 14 Apr, 1919 26 Nov, 1919 28 Dec, 1921 Sold 1 Jul, 1947
Mattole AO-17 Cramp 2 Jun, 1919 16 Mar, 1920 16 Jun, 1940 Sold 1 July, 1946

Construction

Armament

[1]

  • two 5-inch/51 caliber
  • two 3-inch/50 caliber AA guns

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 136.

Bibliography

  • Silverstone, Paul H. (2006). The U.S. Navy Warship Series: The New Navy 1883-1922. New York: Routledge.


Alameda Class Oiler
  Alameda Kaweah Laramie Mattole