Allied Warships

USS Sepulga (AO 20)

Oiler of the Patoka class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeOiler
ClassPatoka 
PennantAO 20 
Built byNewport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co. (Newport News, Virginia, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down 
Launched21 Apr 1920 
Commissioned13 Jan 1922 
End service1 Mar 1946 
History

Decommissioned on 15 April 1922
Recommissioned on 5 February 1940
Decommissioned on 1 March 1946
Stricken on 20 March 1946
Sold to be broken up for scrap on 10 December 1946

 

Commands listed for USS Sepulga (AO 20)

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CommanderFromTo
1Cdr. Arthur Rudolph Ponto, USN5 Feb 194020 Jan 1943
2T/Cdr. Victor Boylan Tate, USN20 Jan 19438 Jun 1944
3Arthur Charles Larsen, USNR8 Jun 1944Feb 1945
4John Watkins Home, USNRFeb 194523 May 1945
5Griswold Stewart Hayward, Jr., USNR23 May 194523 Aug 1945
6Angell Johnson, USNR23 Aug 19451 Mar 1946

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