USS Sapelo
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USS Sapelo (AO-11) was a Patoka-class fleet replenishment oiler of the United States Navy. Laid down on 3 May 1919 for the United States Shipping Board by the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Newport News, Virginia, the ship was launched on 24 December 1919, transferred to the Navy on 30 January 1920, and commissioned on 19 February 1920.
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United States | |
Name | Sapelo |
Namesake | Sapelo River in Georgia |
Builder | Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co. |
Laid down | 3 May 1919 |
Launched | 24 December 1919 |
Acquired | 30 January 1920 |
Commissioned | 19 February 1920 |
Decommissioned | 14 October 1933 |
Recommissioned | 19 August 1940 |
Decommissioned | 26 October 1945 |
Stricken | 13 November 1945 |
Fate | Sold for scrap, May 1946 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Patoka Replenishment oiler |
Displacement | 16,500 long tons (16,765 t) full |
Length | 477 ft 10 in (145.64 m) |
Beam | 60 ft 3 in (18.36 m) |
Draft | 26 ft 2 in (7.98 m) |
Speed | 10.5 knots (19.4 km/h; 12.1 mph) |
Complement | 75 officers and enlisted |
Armament | 2 × 5 in (130 mm) guns |
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