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 |
Commands listed for USS Kanawha (AO 1)
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Commander | From | To | |
1 | 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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