USS Mattole
Class overview
Name	Kaweah class
Builders	William Cramp & Sons
Operators	United States Navy
Preceded by	Patoka class
Succeeded by	Cimarron class
Subclasses	Alameda class
Built	1918-1921
In commission	1919-1946
Planned	4
Completed	4
Retired	4
General characteristics
Type	Oil tanker
Displacement	4,410 long tons (4,481 t) light 14,450 long tons (14,682 t) full load
Length	446 ft (136 m)
Beam	58 ft (18 m) ( waterline)
Draft	25 ft 6 in (7.77 m) (mean)
Depth	33 ft 3 in (10.13 m)
Installed power	2,800 shp (2,100 kW)
Propulsion	1 × triple-expansion steam engine 1 × shaft
Speed	11 knots (20 km/h)
Capacity	1,000 tons
Complement	252
Armament	2 × single 5-inch/38-caliber guns 2 × dual Bofors 40 mm guns 2 × dual Oerlikon 20 mm cannons

The Kaweah-class oiler was a class of oil tankers 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. ^[1]

Ships of class

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