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(diff)</div></div></div></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Oiler of the United States Navy</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <table class="infobox" style="width:25.5em;border-spacing:2px;"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;line-height:1.5em;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Uss_Patoka_AO9.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="USS Shenandoah moored to the USS Patoka (AO-9)"><img alt="USS Shenandoah moored to the USS Patoka (AO-9)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Uss_Patoka_AO9.jpg/300px-Uss_Patoka_AO9.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="129" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Uss_Patoka_AO9.jpg/450px-Uss_Patoka_AO9.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Uss_Patoka_AO9.jpg/600px-Uss_Patoka_AO9.jpg 2x" data-file-width="739" data-file-height="319" /></a></span><div><i>Patoka</i> with <a href="/wiki/USS_Shenandoah_(ZR-1)" title="USS Shenandoah (ZR-1)"><i>Shenandoah</i></a> moored alongside</div> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">History</th></tr> <tr><th height="30" colspan="2" style="background-color:#B0C4DE;text-align:left;padding-left:2px;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;"><span class="flagicon"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg/54px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="54" height="28" class="mw-file-element" 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Virginia">Newport News, Virginia</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Laid down</td><td>17 December 1918</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Launched</td><td>26 July 1919</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Acquired</td><td>3 September 1919</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Commissioned</td><td>13 October 1919</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Decommissioned</td><td>31 August 1933</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Recommissioned</td><td>10 November 1939</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Decommissioned</td><td>1 July 1946</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Stricken</td><td>31 July 1946</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Fate</td><td>Scrapped, 15 March 1948</td></tr> <tr><th colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">General characteristics</th></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Class and type</td><td><a href="/wiki/Patoka-class_oiler" title="Patoka-class oiler"><i>Patoka</i></a> <a href="/wiki/Replenishment_oiler" title="Replenishment oiler">Replenishment oiler</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Displacement</td><td>16,800 <a href="/wiki/Long_ton" title="Long ton">long tons</a> (17,070 <a href="/wiki/Tonne" title="Tonne">t</a>)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Length</td><td>477 ft 10 in (145.64 m)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Beam</td><td>60 ft (18 m)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Draft</td><td>26 ft 2 in (7.98 m)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Speed</td><td>11 <a href="/wiki/Knot_(unit)" title="Knot (unit)">knots</a> (20 km/h; 13 mph)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Complement</td><td>168</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Armament</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">2 × <a href="/wiki/5%22/38_caliber_gun" class="mw-redirect" title="5"/38 caliber gun">5 in (130 mm)</a> guns</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">4 × <a href="/wiki/Bofors_40_mm_Automatic_Gun_L/60" class="mw-redirect" title="Bofors 40 mm Automatic Gun L/60">40 mm guns</a></li> </ul></td></tr> </tbody></table> <p><b>USS <i>Patoka</i> (AO–9/AV–6/AG–125)</b> was a <a href="/wiki/Replenishment_oiler" title="Replenishment oiler">replenishment oiler</a> made famous as a <a href="/wiki/Ship%27s_tender" title="Ship's tender">tender</a> for the <a href="/wiki/Airship" title="Airship">airships</a> <a href="/wiki/USS_Shenandoah_(ZR-1)" title="USS Shenandoah (ZR-1)"><i>Shenandoah</i> (ZR-1)</a>, <a href="/wiki/USS_Los_Angeles_(ZR-3)" title="USS Los Angeles (ZR-3)"><i>Los Angeles</i> (ZR-3)</a> and <a href="/wiki/USS_Akron" title="USS Akron"><i>Akron</i> (ZRS-4)</a>. It was also notable in that its height (177 feet (54 m)) figured prominently in the design of the <a href="/wiki/Rainbow_Bridge_(Texas)" class="mw-redirect" title="Rainbow Bridge (Texas)">Rainbow Bridge in Texas</a> (the bridge design required that the <i>Patoka</i>, then the tallest ship in the U.S. Navy, could sail under it; however, it never did). </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Construction_and_commissioning">Construction and commissioning</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=USS_Patoka&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Construction and commissioning"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:U.S._airship_tender_-_U.S.S._Patoka,_8-7-24_LOC_npcc.11927_(cropped).tif" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/U.S._airship_tender_-_U.S.S._Patoka%2C_8-7-24_LOC_npcc.11927_%28cropped%29.tif/lossy-page1-220px-U.S._airship_tender_-_U.S.S._Patoka%2C_8-7-24_LOC_npcc.11927_%28cropped%29.tif.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="176" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/U.S._airship_tender_-_U.S.S._Patoka%2C_8-7-24_LOC_npcc.11927_%28cropped%29.tif/lossy-page1-330px-U.S._airship_tender_-_U.S.S._Patoka%2C_8-7-24_LOC_npcc.11927_%28cropped%29.tif.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/U.S._airship_tender_-_U.S.S._Patoka%2C_8-7-24_LOC_npcc.11927_%28cropped%29.tif/lossy-page1-440px-U.S._airship_tender_-_U.S.S._Patoka%2C_8-7-24_LOC_npcc.11927_%28cropped%29.tif.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2898" data-file-height="2318" /></a><figcaption><i>Patoka</i> on August 7, 1924</figcaption></figure> <p>Named for the <a href="/wiki/Patoka_River" title="Patoka River">Patoka River</a>, <i>Patoka</i> was laid down on 17 December 1918 by the <a href="/wiki/Northrop_Grumman_Newport_News" class="mw-redirect" title="Northrop Grumman Newport News">Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company</a> of <a href="/wiki/Newport_News,_Virginia" title="Newport News, Virginia">Newport News, Virginia</a> and launched on 26 July 1919. Acquired by the Navy from the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Shipping_Board" title="United States Shipping Board">United States Shipping Board</a> on 3 September 1919, and commissioned on 13 October 1919. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1920s_and_1930s">1920s and 1930s</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=USS_Patoka&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: 1920s and 1930s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:ZR3_USS_Los_Angeles_an_Kriegsschiff.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/ZR3_USS_Los_Angeles_an_Kriegsschiff.jpg/220px-ZR3_USS_Los_Angeles_an_Kriegsschiff.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="157" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/ZR3_USS_Los_Angeles_an_Kriegsschiff.jpg/330px-ZR3_USS_Los_Angeles_an_Kriegsschiff.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/ZR3_USS_Los_Angeles_an_Kriegsschiff.jpg/440px-ZR3_USS_Los_Angeles_an_Kriegsschiff.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5700" data-file-height="4066" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/USS_Los_Angeles_(ZR-3)" title="USS Los Angeles (ZR-3)"><i>Los Angeles</i></a> tied up to <i>Patoka</i> during <a href="/wiki/Fleet_problem" title="Fleet problem">Fleet Problem XII</a> in 1931 off <a href="/wiki/Panama" title="Panama">Panama</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bundesarchiv_Bild_102-08229,_Reparatur_des_Zeppelin-Ankerschiffs_%22Patocka%22.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Bundesarchiv_Bild_102-08229%2C_Reparatur_des_Zeppelin-Ankerschiffs_%22Patocka%22.jpg/220px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_102-08229%2C_Reparatur_des_Zeppelin-Ankerschiffs_%22Patocka%22.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="301" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Bundesarchiv_Bild_102-08229%2C_Reparatur_des_Zeppelin-Ankerschiffs_%22Patocka%22.jpg/330px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_102-08229%2C_Reparatur_des_Zeppelin-Ankerschiffs_%22Patocka%22.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Bundesarchiv_Bild_102-08229%2C_Reparatur_des_Zeppelin-Ankerschiffs_%22Patocka%22.jpg/440px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_102-08229%2C_Reparatur_des_Zeppelin-Ankerschiffs_%22Patocka%22.jpg 2x" data-file-width="584" data-file-height="800" /></a><figcaption><i>Patoka</i> undergoing maintenance in Boston in 1929</figcaption></figure> <p>Assigned to the <a href="/wiki/Naval_Overseas_Transportation_Service" class="mw-redirect" title="Naval Overseas Transportation Service">Naval Overseas Transportation Service</a>, <i>Patoka</i> departed Norfolk on 4 November 1919 for <a href="/wiki/Port_Arthur,_Texas" title="Port Arthur, Texas">Port Arthur, Texas</a>, where she loaded <a href="/wiki/Fuel_oil" title="Fuel oil">fuel oil</a> and sailed for <a href="/wiki/Scotland" title="Scotland">Scotland</a>, arriving on the Clyde on 6 December. She returned to Port Arthur for more oil and got under way on 9 January 1920 for the Adriatic Sea, arriving at Split on 12 February. Returning to the United States in April <i>Patoka</i> went back to the Near East, arriving at <a href="/wiki/Istanbul" title="Istanbul">Istanbul</a> in June. After duty in the Adriatic and Mediterranean she returned to the United States, and served on both the east and west coasts until 1924 when she was selected as a tender for the rigid airship <a href="/wiki/USS_Shenandoah_(ZR-1)" title="USS Shenandoah (ZR-1)">USS <i>Shenandoah</i></a>. </p><p>A mooring mast some 125 feet above the water was constructed; additional accommodations both for the crew of <i>Shenandoah</i> and for the men who handled and supplied the airship were added; facilities for the <a href="/wiki/Helium" title="Helium">helium</a>, gasoline, and other supplies necessary for <i>Shenandoah</i> were built; as well as handling and stowage facilities for three seaplanes. This work by the Norfolk Navy Yard was completed shortly after 1 July 1924. <i>Patoka</i> retained her classification of AO–9. </p><p><i>Patoka</i> engaged in a short series of mooring experiments with the <i>Shenandoah</i>, which had reported to the Commander, <a href="/wiki/Scouting_Fleet" title="Scouting Fleet">Scouting Fleet</a>, for duty on 1 August 1924. The first successful mooring was made on 8 August 1924. </p><p>In October, <i>Patoka</i>, along with the cruisers <a href="/wiki/USS_Milwaukee_(CL-5)" title="USS Milwaukee (CL-5)"><i>Milwaukee</i></a> and <a href="/wiki/USS_Detroit_(CL-8)" title="USS Detroit (CL-8)"><i>Detroit</i></a>, were assigned stations in the mid-Atlantic to furnish the US Navy's second operational airship, <a href="/wiki/USS_Los_Angeles_(ZR-3)" title="USS Los Angeles (ZR-3)"><i>Los Angeles</i></a>, with the weather reports and forecasts during her flight, 12 to 15 October 1924, from Germany, where she had been built, to <a href="/wiki/Lakehurst_Naval_Air_Station" class="mw-redirect" title="Lakehurst Naval Air Station">Lakehurst Naval Air Station</a>, New Jersey. </p><p>During 1925 <i>Patoka</i> operated with both <i>Shenandoah</i> and <i>Los Angeles</i> in demonstrating the mobility of airships, and in reducing the number of ground personnel required to handle them. A projected polar flight by <i>Shenandoah</i>, using <i>Patoka</i> as her base of operations, was cancelled when the airship was lost in a storm on 3 September 1925. </p><p>Between 1925 and 1932 <i>Patoka</i> operated with <i>Los Angeles</i> and served as her base of supply and operations on her long-range flights to Puerto Rico (1925), Panama (1928), Florida (1929), and during the fleet concentration off Panama (1931). During 1932 she also operated with the newly acquired airship <a href="/wiki/USS_Akron" title="USS Akron"><i>Akron</i></a>, but the decommissioning of <i>Los Angeles</i> on 30 June 1932, and the loss of <i>Akron</i> on 4 April 1933 saw a reduced need for an airship tender, with <i>Patoka</i> decommissioned on 31 August 1933. </p><p>On 10 November 1939 <i>Patoka</i> recommissioned at the <a href="/wiki/Puget_Sound_Navy_Yard" class="mw-redirect" title="Puget Sound Navy Yard">Puget Sound Navy Yard</a>, Comdr. <a href="/wiki/Clifton_Sprague" title="Clifton Sprague">C.A.F. Sprague</a> in command, and reported to Patrol Wing 5, Aircraft, Scouting Force. Her classification had been changed to <b>AV–6</b>, <a href="/wiki/Seaplane_tender" title="Seaplane tender">seaplane tender</a>, on 11 October 1939. </p><p>On 18 January 1940 she departed Puget Sound and, after taking on fuel and cargo at San Pedro, arrived at San Diego on the 31st. She steamed for the east coast on 5 February and reached Norfolk on 25 March. Next <i>Patoka</i> was assigned to the Naval Transportation Service in June and was reclassified <b>AO–9</b> on 19 June 1940. </p><p>On 13 August she departed Norfolk and sailed to Houston. Between August and December 1940, she operated out of Houston and Baytown, Texas, delivering fuel oil to Boston, Melville, Norfolk, Charleston, and Key West. </p><p>From March 1941 to September <i>Patoka</i> delivered fuel oil and general cargo to various units of the Fleet in the Atlantic, Gulf, and Caribbean areas. On 28 September she departed Norfolk and proceeded, via Aruba, to Recife, Brazil. <i>Patoka</i> made one more round trip to Recife before the United States entered World War II. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="World_War_II,_1941–1943"><span id="World_War_II.2C_1941.E2.80.931943"></span>World War II, 1941–1943</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=USS_Patoka&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: World War II, 1941–1943"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 7 December 1941, <i>Patoka</i> was moored at Recife, acting as tanker, cargo, store ship, and repair ship. Here she supplied the units of <a href="/w/index.php?title=Task_Force_3&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Task Force 3 (page does not exist)">Task Force 3</a> (later 23) with fuel, diesel, lubricating oil; gasoline stores; provisions; and repairs. </p><p>Shortly after the turn of the new year 1942, she got under way for Bahia, Brazil, anchoring there on 8 January. There, she received word that ships bearing rubber and other vital war goods had left <a href="/wiki/French_Indochina" title="French Indochina">French Indochina</a> bound for the Axis controlled ports in Europe. <i>Patoka</i> requested and received permission to patrol the shipping lanes off Bahia. When she had completed her patrol duties she put into port and returned to Recife on 22 January. Six days later she was bound for San Juan, Puerto Rico, but en route she was diverted to <a href="/wiki/Trinidad" title="Trinidad">Trinidad</a>, <a href="/wiki/British_West_Indies" title="British West Indies">BWI</a>. Taking on fuel and stores she returned to Recife. Standing out of the harbor on 21 February, she again set course, changed several times to avoid reported submarines, and reached San Juan, Puerto Rico, on 4 March. Her return trip to Recife was made without incident. </p><p>On 25 May 1942, while again returning to Recife from Trinidad escorted by <a href="/wiki/USS_Jouett_(DD-396)" title="USS Jouett (DD-396)">USS <i>Jouett</i> (DD-396)</a>, <i>Patoka</i> sighted an enemy <a href="/wiki/Submarine" title="Submarine">submarine</a> on the surface. <i>Jouett</i> attacked, forcing the <a href="/wiki/U-boat" title="U-boat">U-boat</a> to dive and continued the attack until <i>Patoka</i> had escaped. <i>Patoka</i> remained at Recife, continuing to supply the ships of <a href="/w/index.php?title=Task_Force_23&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Task Force 23 (page does not exist)">Task Force 23</a> with provisions, supplies and tender services until April 1943, with occasional trips to Puerto Rico and Trinidad for replenishment. <i>Patoka</i> then got underway for home, reaching Norfolk on 22 May for overhaul. She sailed for New York on 6 August to join a convoy bound for Aruba, N.W.I. and resumed operations along the coast of South America. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1944–1945"><span id="1944.E2.80.931945"></span>1944–1945</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=USS_Patoka&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: 1944–1945"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In April 1944, she carried 62 <a href="/wiki/Prisoners_of_war" class="mw-redirect" title="Prisoners of war">prisoners of war</a> (German naval and merchant marine personnel) from Rio de Janeiro to Recife where they were turned over to the U.S. Army. <i>Patoka</i> departed on 24 March and arrived Norfolk on 6 April for an overhaul period, to prepare for duty in the Pacific. </p><p>On 15 June, <i>Patoka</i> departed from Norfolk for the Panama Canal and Pearl Harbor. There she was outfitted for duty as a <a href="/wiki/Minecraft_tender" class="mw-redirect" title="Minecraft tender">minecraft tender</a> and was reclassified <b>AG–125</b> on 15 August 1945. Shortly thereafter she sailed via Guam for <a href="/wiki/Okinawa_Prefecture" title="Okinawa Prefecture">Okinawa</a>, reaching <a href="/wiki/Buckner_Bay" class="mw-redirect" title="Buckner Bay">Buckner Bay</a> on 5 September. <i>Patoka</i> provided the minecraft with tender services until 21 September at which time she got underway for Wakayama, Japan. Anchoring there on 23 September, she continued to provide logistic support to units of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Fifth_Fleet" title="United States Fifth Fleet">5th Fleet</a>, servicing mine vessels of Task Group 52.6. She remained with the occupation forces until the spring of 1946, returning to the United States on 10 March 1946. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Fate">Fate</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=USS_Patoka&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Fate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Patoka</i> was decommissioned on 1 July 1946, transferred to the War Shipping Administration, and was struck from the Navy List on 31 July 1946. She was sold to Dulien Steel Products Co. for scrap on 15 March 1948. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=USS_Patoka&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Public Domain" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/62/PD-icon.svg/12px-PD-icon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/62/PD-icon.svg/18px-PD-icon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/62/PD-icon.svg/24px-PD-icon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="196" data-file-height="196" /></span></span> <i>This article incorporates text from the <a href="/wiki/Public_domain" title="Public domain">public domain</a> </i><a href="/wiki/Dictionary_of_American_Naval_Fighting_Ships" title="Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships">Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships</a><i>. 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