USS Sepulga (AO-20)
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| Name: | Sepulga |
| Namesake: | Sepulga River |
| Builder: | Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Newport News, Virginia |
| Launched: | 21 April 1920 |
| Acquired: | 17 October 1921 |
| Commissioned: | 13 January 1922 |
| Decommissioned: | 15 April 1922 |
| Recommissioned: | 5 February 1940 |
| Decommissioned: | 1 March 1946 |
| Struck: | 20 March 1946 |
| Fate: | Sold for scrapping, 10 December 1946 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Patoka Replenishment oiler |
| Displacement: | 16,800 long tons (17,070 t) |
| Length: | 477 ft 10 in (145.64 m) |
| Beam: | 60 ft (18 m) |
| Draft: | 26 ft 2 in (7.98 m) |
| Speed: | 11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph) |
| Complement: | 79 |
Fleetco, a Patoka Replenishment oiler built by the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Newport News, Virginia, for the United States Shipping Board (E.F.C. 1639), was launched on 21 April 1920; transferred to the Navy by Executive Order on 17 October 1921; renamed USS Sepulga (AO-20) on 2 November 1921; delivered to the Navy at Mare Island, California, on 13 December 1921.
Commissioned on 13 January 1922, with Lt. Arthur G. Somers, USNRF, in temporary command, Sepulga was decommissioned on 15 April 1922, and laid up at Mare Island for the next 18 years. She was re-commissioned on 5 February 1940, Comdr. Arthur R. Ponto in command; and, in March, she commenced operations for the Naval Transportation Service. Based at San Pedro, she carried fuel, general cargo, and passengers from the west coast to Guam, the Philippines, Wake Island, Midway, and Hawaii during the remaining months of peace in the Pacific. On 7 December, she was en route from San Pedro to Pearl Harbor. At mid-month, she arrived in Hawaii, where she delivered fuel to carriers Lexington (CV-2), Saratoga (CV-3), and Enterprise (CV-6). On 3 January 1942, she sailed for California to take on cargo and fuel for the Society Islands.
Upon arriving at Bora Bora on 18 February, she fueled merchant and Allied naval ships through March; then sailed for San Pedro. By mid-May, she resumed fueling duties at Bora Bora and continued them until 16 July when she again sailed for the west coast.
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