&sq=Facebook&lang=en&file=File:USS_Lackawanna_(AO-40)_in_San_Francisco_Bay_in_October_1945.jpg) USS Lackawanna (AO-40) in San Francisco Bay after returning from the Western Pacific in October 1945.
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | USS Lackawanna |
| Namesake | Lackawanna River in Pennsylvania |
| Builder | Bethlehem Sparrows Point Shipyard |
| Laid down | 27 December 1941 |
| Launched | 16 May 1942 |
| Acquired | 20 June 1942 |
| Commissioned | 10 July 1942 |
| Decommissioned | 14 February 1946 |
| Honors and awards | 8 battle stars (World War II) |
| Fate |
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| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Kennebec class oiler |
| Type | MARAD T2 |
| Tonnage | 15,910 DWT |
| Displacement | 21,077 tons |
| Length | 501 ft 8 in (152.91 m) |
| Beam | 68 ft (21 m) |
| Draft | 29 ft 8.5 in (9.055 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 | 8,000 nmi (15,000 km; 9,200 mi) |
| Capacity | 130,000 bbl (~18,000 t) |
| Complement | 214–247 |
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USS Lackawanna (AO-40) was a Kennebec-class type T2 fleet oiler of the United States Navy. The ship was laid down 27 December 1941, as SS Conastoga (hull number 4359), by the Bethlehem-Sparrows Point Shipyard Inc., Sparrows Point, Maryland, under Maritime Commission contract number 147. Launched on 16 May 1942, sponsored by Mrs. S. J. Dickey, acquired by the Navy on 20 June 1942, and commissioned on 10 July 1942 at Baltimore, Lt. Comdr. S. R. Sands, Jr., USCG, in command.