Allied Warships

USS Patoka (AO 9)

Oiler of the Patoka class

Navy	The US Navy
Type	Oiler
Class	Patoka
Pennant	AO 9
Built by	Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co. (Newport News, Virginia, U.S.A.)
Ordered
Laid down	17 Dec 1918
Launched	26 Jul 1919
Commissioned	13 Oct 1919
End service	1 Jul 1946
History	Decommissioned on 31 August 1933 Redesignated as seaplane tender AV-6 on 11 October 1939 Recommissioned as USS Patoka (AV-6) on 10 November 1939 Reclassified back to oiler (AO-9) on 19 June 1940 Converted to a mine craft tender and reclassified miscellaneous auxiliary (AG-125) on 15 August 1944 Decommissioned on 1 July 1946 Stricken on 31 July 1946 Sold to be broken up for scrap on 15 March 1948

Commands listed for USS Patoka (AO 9)

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	Commander	From	To
1	Clifton Albert Frederick Sprague, USN	10 Nov 1939	15 Jun 1940
2	William Nelson Thornton, USN	15 Jun 1940	23 Jan 1943
3	Cdr. Clarence Lee Connor Atkeson, USN	23 Jan 1943	24 May 1943
4	Lt.Cdr. Eugene Willard Kiefer, USN	24 May 1943

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