History | |
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United States | |
Name | USS Neosho |
Namesake | The Neosho River in Kansas and Oklahoma |
Builder | Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Kearny, New Jersey |
Laid down | 22 June 1938 |
Launched | 29 April 1939 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. Emory S. Land |
Commissioned | 7 August 1939 |
Fate | Scuttled, Battle of the Coral Sea, 11 May 1942 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Cimarron-class fleet oiler |
Displacement |
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Length | 553 ft (169 m) |
Beam | 75 ft (23 m) |
Draft | 32 ft 4 in (9.86 m) |
Installed power | 30,400 shp (22,700 kW) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 20 kn (23 mph; 37 km/h) |
Complement | 304 |
Armament |
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Service record | |
Operations: | World War II |
Awards: | 2 battle stars |
USS Neosho (AO-23) was a Cimarron-class fleet oiler serving with the United States Navy, the second ship to be named for the Neosho River in Kansas and Oklahoma.
After surviving the attack on Pearl Harbor, Neosho operated in the South Pacific. During the Battle of the Coral Sea she was attacked and set alight, but managed to keep afloat until rendezvousing with an American destroyer on 11 May 1942. The destroyer rescued the crew and sank the vessel.