Oilers
All Oiler classes
The list is divided by navy, then ordered by commissioned date of each class (oldest first).
Commissioned | ||
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US Navy | ||
Kanawha (6) | 1915 - 1921 | |
Patoka (8) | 1919 - 1940 | |
Kaweah (3) | 1921 - 1921 | |
Cimarron (8) | 1939 - 1941 | |
Suamico (11) | 1942 - 1943 | |
Kennebec (6) | 1942 - 1942 | |
Chiwawa (5) | 1942 - 1943 | |
Mattaponi (5) | 1942 - 1942 | |
no class name (4) | 1942 - 1943 | |
Chicopee (2) | 1942 - 1942 | |
Ashtabula (23) | 1943 - 1946 | |
Escambia (14) | 1943 - 1945 |
12 ship classes.
Please note that we list the classes by navies that initiated/owned the class.
Often vessels of certain classes were then built for other nations (or lent), those ships are not visible here but only through the navies pages or by looking into each class.
War losses: Oilers
Date | Vessel | Class | ||
1942 | ||||
23 Jan 1942 | USS Neches (i) (AO 5) | Kanawha | ||
1 Mar 1942 | USS Pecos (i) (AO 6) | Kanawha | ||
11 May 1942 | USS Neosho (i) (AO 23) | Cimarron | ||
1943 | ||||
8 Apr 1943 | USS Kanawha (AO 1) | Kanawha | ||
1944 | ||||
20 Nov 1944 | USS Mississinewa (AO 59) | Ashtabula |
5 Oilers lost. See all Allied Warship losses.
Raising the Red Banner Yakubov, Vladimir |
Books dealing with this subject include:
The Allied Convoy System 1939-1945, Hague, Arnold, 2000 |