USS Sepulga
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Fleetco, a Patoka Replenishment oiler built by the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Newport News, Virginia, for the United States Shipping Board (E.F.C. 1639), was launched on 21 April 1920; transferred to the Navy by Executive Order on 17 October 1921; renamed USS Sepulga (AO-20) on 2 November 1921; delivered to the Navy at Mare Island, California, on 13 December 1921.
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Name | Sepulga |
Namesake | Sepulga River in Alabama |
Builder | Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Newport News, Virginia |
Launched | 21 April 1920 |
Acquired | 17 October 1921 |
Commissioned | 13 January 1922 |
Decommissioned | 15 April 1922 |
Recommissioned | 5 February 1940 |
Decommissioned | 1 March 1946 |
Stricken | 20 March 1946 |
Fate | Sold for scrapping, 10 December 1946 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Patoka Replenishment oiler |
Displacement | 16,800 long tons (17,070 t) (full) |
Length | 477 ft 10 in (145.64 m) |
Beam | 60 ft (18 m) |
Draft | Max. 29 ft (8.8 m) |
Speed | 11.2 knots (20.7 km/h; 12.9 mph) |
Capacity | 70,000 barrels |
Complement | 90 |
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