Allied Warships

USS Kanawha (AO 1)

Oiler of the Kanawha class

Navy	The US Navy
Type	Oiler
Class	Kanawha
Pennant	AO 1
Built by	Mare Island Navy Yard (Vallejo, California, U.S.A.)
Ordered
Laid down	8 Dec 1913
Launched	11 Jul 1914
Commissioned	5 Jun 1915
Lost	8 Apr 1943
History	Decommissioned on 18 December 1929 Recommissioned on 5 June 1934 USS Kanawha (Lt.Cdr. Brainerd Norton Bock) was sunk at 0400 hours by Japanese aircraft off Tulagi Harbor, Solomon Islands 19 crewmembers went down with the ship

Commands listed for USS Kanawha (AO 1)

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	Commander	From	To
1	Cdr. Harry Joseph Reuse, USN	1939 ?	mid 1940
2	Cdr. Rockwell Justus Townsend, USN	mid 1940	mid 1941
3	Cdr. Kendall Sturtevant Reed, USN	mid 1941	26 Oct 1942
4	T/Cdr. John Gilbreth Cross, USN	26 Oct 1942	5 Jan 1943
5	Lt.Cdr. Brainerd Norton Bock, USN	5 Jan 1943	8 Apr 1943

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