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|fg=gold|bg=navy}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''U.S.S. ''Kanawha''''' was one of six [[Kanawha Class Oiler (1914)|''Kanawha'' Class oilers]] completed for the [[U.S. Navy]].
 
|fg=gold|bg=navy}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''U.S.S. ''Kanawha''''' was one of six [[Kanawha Class Oiler (1914)|''Kanawha'' Class oilers]] completed for the [[U.S. Navy]].
  
 
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Commissioned 5 June 1915, Lt. Comdr. Richard Werner, USNRF, in command.
 
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Latest revision as of 01:21, 31 January 2022

U.S.S. Kanawha (1914)
Hull Number: AO-1
Builder: Mare Island[1]
Laid down: 8 Dec, 1913[2]
Launched: 11 Jul, 1914[3]
Commissioned: 5 Jun, 1915[4]
Sunk: 8 Apr, 1943
Fate: air attack at Tulagi

U.S.S. Kanawha was one of six Kanawha Class oilers completed for the U.S. Navy.

Service

Commissioned 5 June 1915, Lt. Comdr. Richard Werner, USNRF, in command.

Captains

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 136.
  2. ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 136.
  3. ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 136.
  4. ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 136.
  5. ↑ Register of Officers, 1925. pp. 22-23.
  6. ↑ Register of Officers, 1925. pp. 22-23.
  7. ↑ Register of Officers, 1927. p. 24.
  8. ↑ Register of Officers, 1928. pp. 22.

Bibliography


Kanawha Class Oiler
  Kanawha Maumee Cuyama  
  Brazos Neches Pecos  
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