The ''Kaweah''-class oiler was a class of

oil tankers An oil tanker, also known as a petroleum tanker, is a ship designed for the bulk transport of oil or its products. There are two basic types of oil tankers: crude tankers and product tankers. Crude tankers move large quantities of unrefined crud ...

of United States Navy during the Second World War.

Development

Four oilers were ordered for construction by the William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia. These ships were the remaining four 1917 program oilers, 5450/14,500-ton tankers built to USSB Design 1128 between 1919 and 1921. Similar in size and speed to the '' Patoka'' -class'','' the ''Alameda'' and ''Kaweah''-classes also served principally as transport tankers.

Ships of class

Citations

{{Kaweah class fleet replenishment oiler