| 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 | Jul 1942 (1) |
| 2 | Cdr. Albert Livingston Toney, USN | Jul 1942 | 16 Mar 1944 |
| 3 | T/Lt.Cdr. Alfred James Homann, USN | 16 Mar 1944 | 1 Jul 1945 |
| 4 | Lt. Newman S. Cryer, Jr., USNR | 1 Jul 1945 | 2 Jul 1945 |
| 5 | Einer Norman Eriksen, , USNR | 2 Jul 1945 | 14 Feb 1946 |
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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).