USS Laramie (AO-16)

History
United States
Name	USS Laramie
Namesake	Laramie River in Colorado and Wyoming
Builder	William Cramp & Sons Shipbuilding Co., Philadelphia
Launched	26 November 1919
Completed	February 1920
Acquired	17 December 1921
Commissioned	28 December 1921 6 December 1940
Decommissioned	19 June 1922 16 November 1945
Fate	Sold for scrapping by the Maritime Commission, 1 July 1947 to Boston Metals Co., Baltimore, MD.[1]
General characteristics
Displacement	4,410
Length	446 ft (136 m)
Beam	58 ft (18 m)
Draft	25 ft 6 in (7.77 m)
Speed	11 kts
Complement	107
Armament	two 5 in (130 mm) dual purpose, four twin 40 mm AA, four twin 20 mm AA[1]

USS Laramie (AO-16) was a Kaweah-class fleet replenishment oiler^{[citation needed]} in the United States Navy.

Laramie was built in 1920 under USSB contract by William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia; acquired by the Navy at Mobile, Alabama, 17 December 1921; and commissioned 28 December 1921.

Steaming from Mobile 10 January 1922, Laramie reached Norfolk 13 January and decommissioned 19 June. She recommissioned in ordinary 26 June 1940 at Philadelphia. She arrived Brooklyn Navy Yard 28 June for alterations; recommissioned in full 6 December; returned to Philadelphia 15 December; and arrived Norfolk 17 January 1941 for duty with the Atlantic Fleet.