USS Tippecanoe (AO-21)
Tippecanoe at Mare Island in November 1942 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | Tippecanoe |
| Namesake | Tippecanoe River |
| Builder | Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Co., Newport News, Virginia |
| Laid down | 1 October 1919 |
| Launched | 5 June 1920 |
| Acquired | 6 March 1922 |
| Commissioned | 6 March 1940 |
| Decommissioned | 6 March 1946 |
| Stricken | 12 April 1946 |
| Fate | Sold, 20 November 1946 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Patoka Replenishment oiler |
| Displacement | 16,800 long tons (17,070 t) full |
| Length | 477 ft 10 in (145.64 m) |
| Beam | 60 ft 3 in (18.36 m) |
| Draft | 27 ft 8 in (8.43 m) |
| Speed | 11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph) |
| Complement | 208 |
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USS Tippecanoe (AO-21) was a Patoka Replenishment oiler of the United States Navy.