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AO-15 Kaweah

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Defense Medal (with Fleet clasp)
Bottom Row - American Campaign Medal - Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal

Kaweah Class Fleet Oiler:

Laid down (date unknown) under a United States Shipping Board (USSB) contact at William Cramp and Sons, Philadelphia, PA.

Launched in 1919

Acquired from the USSB, 20 October 1921

Commissioned USS Kaweah (AO-15), 28 December 1921, LCDR. O. Beuilagua, USNRF, in command

Decommissioned, 15 August 1922, at Norfolk, VA.

Laid up in the Reserve Fleet

Recommissioned, 16 December 1940

Decommissioned, 16 November 1945

Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown)

Transferred to the War Shipping Administration, 28 May 1946, for disposal

Final Disposition, sold for scrapping to Boston Metals Co., Baltimore, MD.

Specifications:
Displacement 4,410 t.(lt) 14,450 t.(fl)
Length 446'
Beam 58' 2"'
Draft 25' 6"
Speed 11 kts.
Complement 252
Armament two 5" two 3", 2 .50 cal mgs.
Propulsion reciprocating steam engine, single shaft, 2,800shp

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