B
Tankers of the Treaty Navy
Note: Builders included Navy Yard, Mare Island, Calif.; Navy Yard, Boston, Mass.; Craig & Taylor, Stockton, Great Britain; William Armstrong, Mitchell & Co., Newcastle, Great Britain; Newport News SB & DD Co., Newport News, Va.; William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia, Pa.; and McDougall-Duluth, Duluth, Minn.
No. Name Builder Tons d.w. Displ.
Full LoadLength
o.a.Beam Draft
MeanHorse-
powerSpeed
(knots)Commissioned AO-1 Kanawha Mare Island Navy Yard 10,200 14,500 475' 7" 56' 2" 26' 2" 5,200 14.0 1915 AO-2 Maumee Mare Island Navy Yard 10,200 14,500 475' 7" 56' 2" 26' 2" 5,000 14.0 1916 AO-3 Cuyama Mare Island Navy Yards 10,200 14,500 475' 7" 56' 2" 26' 2" 5,200 14.0 1917 AO-4 Brazos Boston Navy Yard 9,500 14,800 475' 7" 56' 3" 26' 8" 5,200 14.0 1919 AO-5 Neches Boston Navy Yard 9,400 14,800 475' 7" 56' 3" 26' 8" 5,200 14.0 1920 AO-6 Pecos Boston Navy Yard 9,400 14,800 475' 7" 56' 3" 26' 8" 5,200 14.0 1921 AO-7 Arethusa[1] Craig&Taylor ----- 6,159 343' 6" 42' 2" 22' 4" 1,700 10.0 1898 AO-8 Sara Thompson[2] Wm. Armstrong ----- 5,850 321' 0" 40' 3" 22' 0" 1,300 9.0 1919 AO-9 Patoka Newport News 12,600 16,800 477' 10" 60' 3" 26' 2" 2,900 10.5 1919 AO-10 Alameda[3] Cramp 10,200 14,450 446' 0" 58' 2" 26' 2" 2,800 10.5 1919 AO-11 Sapelo Newport News 12,600 16,800 477' 10" 60' 3" 25' 6" 2,900 10.5 1921 AO-12 Ramapo Newport News 12,600 16,800 477' 10" 60' 3" 25' 6" 2,900 10.5 1919 AO-13 Trinity Newport News 12,600 16,800 477' 10" 60' 3" 25' 6" 2,900 10.5 1920 AO-14 Robert L. Barnes [4] Duluth ----- 3,850 258' 6" 43' 2" 18' 6" 1,100 8.5 1918 AO-15 Kaweah Cramp 10,200 14,450 446' 0" 58' 2" 26' 2" 2,800 10.5 1921 AO-16 Laramie Cramp 10,200 14,450 446' 0" 58' 2" 26' 2" 2,800 10.5 1921 AO-17 Mattole[5] Cramp 10,200 14,450 446' 0" 58' 2" 26' 2" 2,800 10.5 1940 AO-18 Rapidan Newport News 12,600 16,800 477' 10" 60' 3" 26' 2" 2,900 10.5 1921 AO-19 Salinas Newport News 12,600 16,800 477' 10" 60' 3" 26' 2" 2,900 10.5 1921 AO-20 Sepulga Newport News 12,600 16,800 477' 10" 60' 3" 26' 2" 2,900 10.5 1922 AO-21 Tippecanoe[6] Newport News 12,600 16,800 477' 10" 60' 3" 26' 2" 2,900 10.5 1940 [1] Decommissioned 1922, sold 1927.
[2] Sold 1934.
[3] Sold 1923.
[4] To AG-27 in 1938.
[5] Purchcased from shipping board in 1922, laid up until commissioning.
[6] Decommissioned 1922, laid up until 1940.
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