USS Neosho (AO-48)
| History | |
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| United States | |
| Name | USS Neosho |
| Namesake | Neosho River |
| Builder | Bethlehem Sparrows Point Shipyard |
| Laid down | 8 July 1941 |
| Launched | 23 December 1941 |
| Acquired | 4 August 1942 |
| Commissioned | 16 September 1942 |
| Decommissioned | 13 December 1945 |
| Stricken | 3 January 1946 |
| Honors & awards | 13 battle stars (World War II) |
| Fate |
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| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Mattaponi class oiler |
| Type | MARAD T2-A |
| Tonnage | 16,400 DWT |
| Displacement | 21,750 tons |
| Length | 520 ft (160 m) |
| Beam | 68 ft (21 m) |
| Draft | 29 ft 11.5 in (9.131 m) |
| Depth | 37 ft (11 m) |
| Installed power | 12,000 shp (8,900 kW) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 16.5 knots (30.6 km/h) |
| Range | 7,200 nmi (13,300 km; 8,300 mi) |
| Capacity | 133,000 bbl (~18,100 t) |
| Complement | 214 |
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USS Neosho (AO–48) was a Kennebec-class type T2 fleet oiler of the United States Navy. The ship was laid down on 8 July 1941, as SS Catawba, by the Bethlehem-Sparrows Point Shipyard Inc., Sparrows Point, Maryland. The purchase came under Maritime Commission contract number 145 for the Socony-Vacuum Oil Company, later renamed Mobil Oil.
The ship was launched on 23 December 1941, sponsored by Mrs. Wilbur F. Burt. On 18 July 1942 she was renamed Neosho after the sinking of her namesake (AO-23) during the Battle of the Coral Sea. She was acquired by the Navy at San Francisco on 4 August 1942. She was converted by the Bethlehem Steel Co., Union Works, San Francisco; and commissioned on 16 September 1942, Comdr. Frank L. Worden in command.