Kanawha Class Oiler (1914)
From The Dreadnought Project
Six Kanawha class oilers were completed for the U.S. Navy from 1918 through 1920.
Overview of six vessels | ||||||
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Citations for this data available on individual ship pages | ||||||
Name | Hull No. | Builder | Laid Down | Launched | Commissioned | Fate |
Kanawha | AO-1 | Mare Island | 8 Dec, 1913 | 11 Jul, 1914 | 5 Jun, 1915 | Sunk 8 Apr, 1943 |
Maumee | AO-2 | Mare Island | 23 Jul, 1914 | 17 Apr, 1915 | 23 Oct, 1916 | To Republic of China, 5 Nov, 1946 |
Cuyama | AO-3 | Mare Island | 15 Dec, 1915 | 17 Jun, 1916 | 2 Apr, 1917 | Discarded 1 Jul, 1946 |
Brazos | AO-4 | Boston NY | 21 Jun, 1917 | 1 May, 1919 | 1 Oct, 1919 | Scrapped 1947 |
Neches | AO-5 | Boston NY | 28 Jun, 1919 | 2 Jun, 1920 | 25 Oct, 1920 | Torpedoed 23 Jan, 1942 |
Pecos | AO-6 | Boston NY | 2 Jun, 1920 | 23 Apr, 1921 | 25 Aug, 1921 | Sunk 1 Mar, 1942 |
Contents
Construction
Armament
Mare Island Ships
- four 4-inch/50 caliber
Boston Ships
- four 5-inch/51 caliber
- two 3-inch/50 caliber AA guns
See Also
Footnotes
Bibliography
- Silverstone, Paul H. (2006). The U.S. Navy Warship Series: The New Navy 1883-1922. New York: Routledge.
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