Patoka-class oiler
 USS Patoka with USS Shenandoah moored to her | |
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Patoka |
| Builders: | Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co. |
| In commission: | 1919–1946 |
| Completed: | 8 |
| Retired: | 8 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | replenishment oiler |
| Displacement: | 16,800 long tons (17,070 t) |
| Length: | 477 ft 10 in (145.64 m) |
| Beam: | 60 ft (18 m) |
| Draft: | 26 ft 2 in (7.98 m) |
| Speed: | 11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph) |
| Complement: | 168 |
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The Patoka-class oilers were a series of eight fleet replenishment oilers built for the United States Navy after World War I. All but one of the vessels were commissioned between 1919 and 1922, and all were held in various states until the eve of World War II, where all served with the Navy for the duration of the war. All eight survived the war, after which they were decommissioned and scrapped.
Ships in class
- Patoka (AO-9)
- Sapelo (AO-11)
- Ramapo (AO-12)
- Trinity (AO-13)
- Rapidan (AO-18)
- Salinas (AO-19)
- Sepulga (AO-20)
- Tippecanoe (AO-21)
See also
- List of ship launches in: 1919 & 1920
- List of ship commissionings in: 1919, 1920, 1921, 1922, and 1940
- List of ship decommissionings in: 1945 & 1946
References
- Wildenberg, Thomas (1996). Gray Steel and Black Oil: Fast Tankers and Replenishment at Sea in the U.S. Navy, 1912-1995. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. Retrieved 2009-04-28.
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