USS Kanawha (AO-1)
USS Kanawha (AO-1) | |
| History | |
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| United States | |
| Name | USS Kanawha |
| Namesake | Kanawha River in West Virginia |
| Laid down | 8 December 1913 |
| Launched | 11 July 1914 |
| Commissioned |
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| Decommissioned | 18 December 1929 |
| Stricken | 19 May 1943 |
| Honors & awards | World War I Victory Medal (with Transport clasp) - American Defense Service Medal (with Fleet clasp)/American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal |
| Fate | Sunk on 8 April 1943 by Japanese aircraft off Tulagi, Solomon Islands |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Kanawha-class fleet replenishment oiler |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 475 ft 7 in (144.96 m) |
| Beam | 56 ft 3 in (17.15 m) |
| Draft | 26 ft 8 in (8.13 m) |
| Speed | 14 knots |
| Complement | 317 officers and enlisted |
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USS Kanawha (AO–1) was the lead ship of her class of replenishment oilers of the United States Navy. She was commissioned in 1915 and sunk on 8 April 1943 by Japanese aircraft off Tulagi, Solomon Islands.