Kanawha Class Oiler (1914)

Six Kanawha class oilers were completed for the U.S. Navy from 1918 through 1920.

Overview of six vessels
Citations for this data available on individual ship pages
Name	Hull No.	Builder	Laid Down	Launched	Commissioned	Fate
Kanawha	AO-1	Mare Island	8 Dec, 1913	11 Jul, 1914	5 Jun, 1915	Sunk 8 Apr, 1943
Maumee	AO-2	Mare Island	23 Jul, 1914	17 Apr, 1915	23 Oct, 1916	To Republic of China, 5 Nov, 1946
Cuyama	AO-3	Mare Island	15 Dec, 1915	17 Jun, 1916	2 Apr, 1917	Discarded 1 Jul, 1946
Brazos	AO-4	Boston NY	21 Jun, 1917	1 May, 1919	1 Oct, 1919	Scrapped 1947
Neches	AO-5	Boston NY	28 Jun, 1919	2 Jun, 1920	25 Oct, 1920	Torpedoed 23 Jan, 1942
Pecos	AO-6	Boston NY	2 Jun, 1920	23 Apr, 1921	25 Aug, 1921	Sunk 1 Mar, 1942

Armament

Mare Island Ships

• four 4-inch/50 caliber

Boston Ships

• four 5-inch/51 caliber
• two 3-inch/50 caliber AA guns

See Also

• Wikipedia

Bibliography

• Silverstone, Paul H. (2006). The U.S. Navy Warship Series: The New Navy 1883-1922. New York: Routledge.