USS Patoka (AO-9)

USS Patoka

USS Patoka and ZR-1 USS Shenandoah

Ship data flag  United States Ship type Tanker Shipyard Newport News Shipbuilding , Newport News Launch July 26, 1919 Commissioning October 13, 1919 Whereabouts Wrecked in 1948

Ship dimensions and crew length 145.68 m ( Lüa ) width 18 m Draft Max. 7.98 m displacement 16,800 tn.l.   crew 168 men

Machine system Top speed 11 kn (20 km / h)

Armament 2 × 12.7 cm cannons 4 × 4 cm cannons

The USS Patoka was an oil tanker (16,800 tons left ) of the US Navy .

USS Los Angeles and USS Patoka

history

The Patoka was born December 17, 1918 at Newport News Ship Building and Dry Dock Co. , Newport News , Virginia . laid on keel. The launch took place on July 26, 1919 and the ship was handed over by the USSB to the Navy on September 3, 1919 .

On October 13, 1919, the ship was under Comdr. EF Robinson put into service. The ship name is the name of a river in Indiana / USA.

Around July 1, 1924, the work to become a supplier for airships was completed. Among other things, a 43 meter high anchor mast for airships was retrofitted. Additional accommodations have also been added for both the Shenandoah's crew and the men on the airship's ground crew. Stores or tanks for helium, gasoline and other supplies necessary for the Shenandoah were installed, as well as technical and storage facilities for three seaplanes. After that, the Patoka received its AO-9 classification.

The first berthing maneuvers on the Patoka were carried out with the rigid airship ZR-1 USS Shenandoah , which was parked for this purpose on August 1, 1924. The first successful berthing maneuver took place on August 8, 1924. After the Shenandoah crashed , the Patoka of the ZR-3 USS Los Angeles served as a base.

After the end of US rigid airships , the Patoka was taken out of active service in 1933 and assigned to the reserve until 1939.

During the Second World War , the ship transported 62 prisoners of war (German Navy and Merchant Navy) from Rio de Janeiro to Recife , where they were handed over to the US Army. The ship set sail again on March 24 and arrived in Norfolk on April 6 to be prepared for service in the Pacific after an overhaul.

After being used in the war, the Patoka was finally decommissioned in 1946 and sold for scrapping in 1948.

The clearance height of the Rainbow Bridge ( Rainbow Bridge ) built in 1936–1938 in Texas over the Neches River was based on the then tallest ship in the US Navy, the USS Patoka .

Web links

Commons : USS Patoka  - album with pictures, videos and audio files

• globalsecurity.org/.../av-6.htm (English)
• Images of the Patoka

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Patoka. In: Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Naval History and Heritage Command, August 19, 2015, accessed February 18, 2020 (American English). 
2. ↑ NH 60283 USS Patoka (AO-9). Retrieved February 19, 2020 (American English). 
3. ↑ NH 60284 USS Patoka (AO-9). Retrieved February 19, 2020 (American English).