USS Kanawha (AO-1)

This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "USS Kanawha" AO-1 – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (November 2019) (Learn how and when to remove this message)

USS Kanawha (AO-1)
History
United States
Name	USS Kanawha
Namesake	Kanawha River in West Virginia
Laid down	8 December 1913
Launched	11 July 1914
Commissioned	5 June 1915 5 June 1934
Decommissioned	18 December 1929
Stricken	19 May 1943
Honors and 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 and type	Kanawha-class fleet replenishment oiler
Displacement	5,723 tons light 14,800 tons full load
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
Armament	2 × 5 in (130 mm)/38 caliber guns 2 × twin 40-mm. guns 2 × twin 20-mm. guns

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.