Oilers
The Suamico class oiler USS Cowanesque (AO 79) of the US Navy. She was lost on 23 Apr 1972.
All Oiler classes
The list is divided by navy, then ordered by commissioned date of each class (oldest first).
| Commissioned | ||
|---|---|---|
US Navy | ||
| Kanawha (6) | 1915 - 1921 | |
| Patoka (8) | 1919 - 1940 | |
| Kaweah (3) | 1921 - 1921 | |
| Cimarron (8) | 1939 - 1941 | |
| Suamico (11) | 1942 - 1943 | |
| Kennebec (6) | 1942 - 1942 | |
| Chiwawa (5) | 1942 - 1943 | |
| Mattaponi (5) | 1942 - 1942 | |
| no class name (4) | 1942 - 1943 | |
| Chicopee (2) | 1942 - 1942 | |
| Ashtabula (23) | 1943 - 1946 | |
| Escambia (14) | 1943 - 1945 | |
12 ship classes.
Please note that we list the classes by navies that initiated/owned the class.
Often vessels of certain classes were then built for other nations (or lent), those ships are not visible here but only through the navies pages or by looking into each class.
War losses: Oilers
| Date | Vessel | Class | ||
1942 | ||||
 | 23 Jan 1942 | USS Neches (i) (AO 5) | Kanawha | |
| 1 Mar 1942 | USS Pecos (i) (AO 6) | Kanawha | |
| 11 May 1942 | USS Neosho (i) (AO 23) | Cimarron | |
1943 | ||||
| 8 Apr 1943 | USS Kanawha (AO 1) | Kanawha | |
1944 | ||||
| 20 Nov 1944 | USS Mississinewa (AO 59) | Ashtabula | |
5 Oilers lost. See all Allied Warship losses.
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