U.S.S. Kanawha (1914)

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U.S.S. Kanawha (1914)
Hull Number: AO-1
Builder: Mare Island[1]
Laid down: 8 Dec, 1913[2]
Launched: 11 Jul, 1914[3]
Commissioned: 5 Jun, 1915[4]
Sunk: 8 Apr, 1943
Fate: air attack at Tulagi

U.S.S. Kanawha was one of six Kanawha Class oilers completed for the U.S. Navy.

Service

Captains

Commissioned 5 June 1915, Lt. Comdr. Richard Werner, USNRF, in command.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 136.
  2. Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 136.
  3. Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 136.
  4. Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 136.
  5. Register of Officers, 1925. pp. 22-23.
  6. Register of Officers, 1925. pp. 22-23.
  7. Register of Officers, 1927. p. 24.
  8. Register of Officers, 1928. pp. 22.

Bibliography


Kanawha Class Oiler
  Kanawha Maumee Cuyama  
  Brazos Neches Pecos