| Navy | The US Navy |
| Type | Oiler |
| Class | Patoka |
| Pennant | AO 21 |
| Built by | Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co. (Newport News, Virginia, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 1 Oct 1919 |
| Launched | 5 Jun 1920 |
| Commissioned | 6 Mar 1940 |
| End service | 6 Mar 1946 |
| History | Held in Reserve until being Commissioned as USS Tippecanoe (AO-21) on 6 March 1940 |
Commands listed for USS Tippecanoe (AO 21)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Cdr. Hugh Wilson Olds, USN | 6 Mar 1940 | 16 Jan 1941 |
| 2 | Cdr. Alexander John Couble, USN | 16 Jan 1941 | 19 Apr 1941 |
| 3 | Lt.Cdr. Atherton MacOndray, Jr., USN | 19 Apr 1941 | 21 Sep 1942 |
| 4 | Cdr. Ralph Orsen Myers, USN | 21 Sep 1942 | 30 Sep 1943 |
| 5 | Cdr. Frank Ernst Vensel, Jr., USN | 30 Sep 1943 | 22 Mar 1944 |
| 6 | Cdr. George Donald Arntz, USNR | 22 Mar 1944 | 12 Feb 1945 (1) |
| 7 | Lt.Cdr. Harold Robert Banister, USNR | 12 Feb 1945 | 6 Mar 1946 |
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