| Navy | The US Navy |
| Type | Oiler |
| Class | Kennebec |
| Pennant | AO 39 |
| Built by | Bethlehem Steel Corp. (Sparrows Point, Maryland, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | Sep 1941 |
| Launched | 24 Jan 1942 |
| Commissioned | 4 May 1942 |
| End service | |
| History | Acquired by the USN on 31 March 1942 |
Commands listed for USS Kankakee (AO 39)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Cdr. William Harold Mays, USN | 4 May 1942 | 8 Oct 1943 |
| 2 | T/Cdr. Andrew Milton Harvey, USN | 8 Oct 1943 | 10 Dec 1943 |
| 3 | T/Capt. Edwin Vernon Raines, USN | 10 Dec 1943 | 2 Nov 1944 |
| 4 | William George Frundt, USNR | 2 Nov 1944 | 14 Oct 1945 |
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Notable events involving Kankakee include:
21 Nov 1944
All ships of the Task Group including USS Iowa (Capt. A.R. McCann, USN) were fuelled by a group of oilers. Iowa herself was fuelled by the USS Kankakee (Lt.Cdr. W.G. Frundt, USNR).