USS Kangaroo (IX-121)
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Laid down | 28 September 1943 |
| Launched | 6 November 1943 |
| Commissioned | 20 December 1943 |
| Decommissioned | 13 May 1946 |
| Fate | Disposed of by the Maritime Commission |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement | 3665 tons |
| Length | 441 ft 6 in (134.57 m) |
| Beam | 56 ft 11 in (17.35 m) |
| Draught | 28 ft 4 in (8.64 m) |
| Speed | 11 knots |
| Complement | 79 officers and men |
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The second USS Kangaroo (IX-121), an Armadillo-class tanker designated an unclassified miscellaneous vessel, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the kangaroo, a family of herbivorous, leaping, marsupial mammals of Australia, New Guinea, and adjacent islands. Her keel was laid down as Paul Tulane under Maritime Commission contract (T. Z-ET1-S-C3) by Delta Shipbuilding Company, New Orleans, Louisiana, on 28 September 1943, as a tanker ship for the Liberty Ship program. She was renamed Kangaroo 27 October 1943, launched on 6 November 1943 sponsored by Mrs. Rufus C. Harris, acquired by the Navy on bareboat basis 17 December, and commissioned on 20 December.