| Navy | The US Navy |
| Type | Oiler |
| Class | Kennebec |
| Pennant | AO 40 |
| Built by | Bethlehem Steel Corp. (Sparrows Point, Maryland, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 27 Dec 1941 |
| Launched | 16 May 1942 |
| Commissioned | 10 Jul 1942 |
| End service | 14 Feb 1946 |
| History | Acquired by the USN on 20 June 1942 |
Commands listed for USS Lackawanna (AO 40)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Simon Raymond Sands, Jr., USCG | 10 Jul 1942 | (1) |
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Notable events involving Lackawanna include:
16 Sep 1944
In the morning, USS Iowa (Capt. A.R. McCann, USN), fuelled from the USS Lackawanna (Cdr. A.J. Homann, USN).
19 Oct 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 Lackawanna (Cdr. A.J. Homann, USN).