Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-1945

AO -- Fleet Oilers

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Additional Resources


Kanawha/Cuyama Class:

No. Name                         Comm. Disp. Notes (: Lost)                                  
AO-4 Brazos 1919 5723  
AO-3 Cuyama 1917 5946  
AO-1 Kanawha 1915 5950 ;7 Apr 43; air atack off Guadalcanal
AO-2 Maumee 1915
1945
4990  
Reclassified Miscellaneous Auxiliary AG-124
AO-5 Neches 1920 5723 ;23 Jan 42; torpedoed by IJN sub off Hawaii
AO-6 Pecos 1921 5000 1 Mar 42; air attack south of Java

Patoka/Sapelo Class:

No. Name                         Comm. Disp. Notes (: Lost)                                  
AO-9 Patoka 1919
1945
5375  
Reclassified as Miscellaneous Auxiliary AG-125
AO-12 Ramapo 1919 5422  
AO-18 Rapidan 1922 5422  
AO-19 Salinas 1921 5422  
AO-11 Sapelo 1920 5422  
AO-20 Sepulga 1922 5422  
AO-21 Tippecanoe 1922 5422  
AO-13 Trinity 1920 5263  

Kaweah/Alameda Class:

No. Name                         Comm. Disp. Notes (: Lost)                                  
AO-15 Kaweah 1921 5450  
AO-16 Laramie 1921 5450  
AO-17 Mattole 1940 5450  

Cimarron/List 1 Class:

No. Name                         Comm. Disp. Notes (: Lost)                                  
AO-30 Chemung 1941 7256  
AO-31 Chenango 1941
1942
7256  
Converted to Escort Carrier CVE-28
AO-22 Cimarron 1939 7256  
AO-32 Guadalupe 1941 7256  
AO-27 Kaskaskia 1940 7256  
AO-23 Neosho 1941 6521  
7 May 42; air attack at Battle of Coral Sea
AO-24 Platte 1939 7256  
AO-25 Sabine 1940 7256  
AO-26 Salamonie 1941 7256  
AO-28 Sangamon 1940
1942
7256  
Converted to Escort Carrier CVE-26
AO-29 Santee 1940
1942
7256  
Converted to Escort Carrier >CVE-29
AO-33 Suwannee 1941
1942
7256  
Converted to Escort Carrier CVE-27

Chicopee Class:

No. Name                         Comm. Disp. Notes (: Lost)                                  
AO-34 Chicopee 1942 5375  
AO-35 Housatonic 1942 5375  

Kennebec Class:

No. Name                         Comm. Disp. Notes (: Lost)                                  
AO-39 Kankakee 1942 6013  
AO-36 Kennebec 1942 6013  
AO-40 Lackawanna 1942 5580  
AO-37 Merrimack 1942 6013  
AO-48 Neosho 1942 5580  
AO-38 Winooski 1941 5580  

Mattaponi Class:

No. Name                         Comm. Disp. Notes (: Lost)                                  
AO-41 Mattaponi 1942 5882  
AO-42 Monongahela 1942 5882  
AO-47 Neches 1942 5882  
AO-44 Patuxent 1942 6258  
AO-43 Tappahannock 1942 5882  

Big Horn Class:

No. Name                         Comm. Disp. Notes (: Lost)                                  
AO-45 Big Horn 1942
1944
4150  
Transferred to Coast Guard as WIX-207

Victoria Class:

No. Name                         Comm. Disp. Notes (: Lost)                                  
AO-46 Victoria 1942 4650  

Suamico/Pecos Class:

No. Name                         Comm. Disp. Notes (: Lost)                                  
AO-67 Cache 1942 5730  
AO-78 Chepachet 1943 5730  
AO-77 Cossatot 1943 5730  
AO-79 Cowanesque 1943 5730  
AO-73 Millicoma 1943 5730  
AO-65 Pecos 1942 5730  
AO-74 Saranac 1943 5730  
AO-75 Saugatuck 1943 5730  
AO-76 Schuylkill 1943 5730  
AO-49 Suamico 1942 5730  
AO-50 Tallulah 1942 5730  

Ashtabula/Cimarron-List 2 Class:

No. Name                         Comm. Disp. Notes (: Lost)                                  
AO-97 Allagash 1945 5730  
AO-51 Ashtabula 1943 7236  
AO-56 Aucilla 1943 7236  
AO-52 Cacapon 1943 7236  
AO-53 Caliente 1943 7236  
AO-54 Chikaskia 1943 7236  
AO-63 Chipola 1944 7236  
AO-55 Elokomin 1943 7236  
AO-58 Manatee 1944 7236  
AO-57 Marias 1944 7236  
AO-59 Mississinewa 1943 7190 20 Nov 44; torpedoed by IJN sub at Ulithi
AO-60 Nantahala 1944 7236  
AO-61 Severn 1944 7236  
AO-62 Taluga 1944 7236  
AO-64 Tolovana 1945 7236  

Atascosa Class:

No. Name                         Comm. Disp. Notes (: Lost)                                  
AO-66 Atascosa 1942 6043  

Chiwawa Class:

No. Name                         Comm. Disp. Notes (: Lost)                                  
AO-68 Chiwawa 1942 5650  
AO-69 Enoree 1943 5708  
AO-70 Escalante 1943 5630  
AO-71 Neshanic 1943 5630  
AO-72 Niobrara 1943 5708  

Escambia Class:

No. Name                         Comm. Disp. Notes (: Lost)                                  
AO-94 Anacostia 1945 5730  
AO-82 Cahaba 1944 5730  
AO-95 Caney 1945 5730  
AO-80 Escambia 1943 5730  
AO-81 Kennebago 1943 5730  
AO-83 Mascoma 1944 5730  
AO-84 Oklawaha 1943 5730  
AO-85 Pamanset 1943 5730  
AO-89 Pasig 1943 9783 Decommissioned before the end of the War
AO-86 Ponaganset 1944 5730  
AO-87 Sebec 1944 5730  
AO-90 Shikellamy 1943
1943
3200  
Converted to Gasoline Tanker AOG-47
AO-93 Soubarissen 1945 5730  
AO-96 Tamalpais 1945 5730
AO-88 Tomahawk 1944 5730  

Cohocton Class:

No. Name                         Comm. Disp. Notes (: Lost)                                  
AO-101 Cohocton 1945 5730  

AOG -- Gasoline Tankers

Click on "AOG-##" for link to page with specifications, history, photographs (where available).

Patapsco Class:

No. Name                         Comm. Disp. Notes (: Lost)                                  
AOG-6 Agawam 1943 1783  
AOG-48 Chehalis 1944 1764  
AOG-49 Chestatee 1944 1842  
AOG-50 Chewaucan 1944 1842  
AOG-7 Elkhorn 1944 1783  
AOG-8 Genesee 1944 1783  
AOG-2 Kern 1943 1842  
AOG-9 Kishwaukee 1944 1783  
AOG-51 Maquoketa 1945 1842  
AOG-52 Mattabesset 1945 1842  
AOG-53 Namakagon 1945 1764  
AOG-54 Natchaug 1945 1764  
AOG-10 Nemasket 1944 1783  
AOG-55 Nespelen 1945 1764  
AOG-56 Noxubee 1945 1764  
AOG-1 Patapsco 1943 1841  
AOG-3 Rio Grande 1943 1841  
AOG-5 Susquehanna 1943 1842  
AOG-11 Tombigbee 1944 1783  
AOG-4 Wabash 1943 1842  

Halawa Class:

No. Name                         Comm. Disp. Notes (: Lost)                                  
AOG-14 Aroostook 1943
1945
1007
Lend-Lease to France as Lac Pavin
AOG-15 Conasauga 1943 3100 Lend-Lease to France
AOG-16 Guyandot 1943 800 Lend-Lease to France
AOG-12 Halawa 1942 1155  
AOG-13 Kaloli 1942 1155  

Mettawee Class:

No. Name                         Comm. Disp. Notes (: Lost)                                  
AOG-23 Ammonusuc 1944 845  
AOG-25 Calamus 1944 845  
AOG-26 Chiwaukum 1944 846  
AOG-62 Conemaugh 1945 850  
AOG-27 Escatawpa 1944 846  
AOG-28 Gualala 1944 846  
AOG-29 Hiwassee 1944 846  
AOG-30 Kalamazoo 1944 846  
AOG-31 Kanawha 1944 846  
AOG-63 Klaskanine 1945 850  
AOG-60 Manokin 1944 850  
AOG-17 Mettawee 1943 769  
AOG-32 Narraguagas 1944 846  
AOG-33 Ochlockonee 1944 846  
AOG-34 Oconee 1945 846  
AOG-35 Ogeechee 1944 846  
AOG-36 Ontonagon 1944 846  
AOG-18 Pasquotank 1943 769  
AOG-38 Ponchatoula 1944 846  
AOG-39 Quastinet 1944 646  
AOG-40 Sacandaga 1944 846  
AOG-19 Sakatonchee 1944 769  
AOG-61 Sakonnet 1944 850  
AOG-20 Seekonk 1944 769  
AOG-21 Sequatchie 1944 846  
AOG-24 Sheepscot 1944 846  
AOG-41 Tetonkaha 1944 846  
AOG-42 Towaliga 1944 846  
AOG-43 Tularosa 1945 846  
AOG-44 Wakulla 1945 846  
AOG-46 Waupaca 1945 846  
AOG-22 Wautauga 1944 846  
AOG-45 Yacona 1945 846  
AOG-37 Yahara 1944 846  

Klickitat Class:

No. Name                         Comm. Disp. Notes (: Lost)                                  
AOG-73 Kiamichi 1945 1988  
AOG-64 Klickitat 1945 1988  
AOG-65 Michigamme 1945 1988  
AOG-66 Nanticoke 1945 1988  
AOG-67 Nordaway 1945 1988  
AOG-68 Peconic 1945 1988  
AOG-69 Petaluma 1945 1988  
AOG-70 Piscataqua 1945 1988  
AOG-71 Quinnebaug 1945 1988  
AOG-72 Sebasticook 1945 1988  
AOG-74 Tellico 1945 1988  
AOG-75 Truckee 1945 1988  

Shikellamy Class:

No. Name                         Comm. Disp. Notes (: Lost)                                  
AOG-47 Shikellamy 1943 3200 Converted from Fleet Oiler AO-90


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