Kaweah-class oiler

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

USS Mattole
Class overview
Name	Kaweah class
Builders	William Cramp & Sons
Operators	United States Navy
Preceded by	Patoka class
Succeeded by	Cimarron class
Subclasses	Alameda class
Built	1918–1921
In commission	1919–1946
Planned	4
Completed	4
Retired	4
General characteristics
Type	Oil tanker
Displacement	4,410 long tons (4,481 t) light 14,450 long tons (14,682 t) full load
Length	446 ft (136 m)
Beam	58 ft (18 m) (waterline)
Draft	25 ft 6 in (7.77 m) (mean)
Depth	33 ft 3 in (10.13 m)
Installed power	2,800 shp (2,100 kW)
Propulsion	1 × triple-expansion steam engine 1 × shaft
Speed	11 knots (20 km/h)
Capacity	1,000 tons
Complement	252
Armament	2 × single 5-inch/38-caliber guns 2 × dual Bofors 40 mm guns 2 × dual Oerlikon 20 mm cannons

Development

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, Alameda, and Kaweah classes also served principally as transport tankers.^[1]

Ships of class

Hull number	Name	Callsign	Builders	Launched	Commissioned	Decommissioned	Fate
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[2]
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