The Kaweah-class oiler was a class of oil tankers of United States Navy during the Second World War.
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]
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 | |||||||
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 |