Allied Warships
USS Rapidan (AO 18)
Oiler of the Patoka class
USS Rapidan as seen during the Second World War
| Navy | The US Navy |
| Type | Oiler |
| Class | Patoka |
| Pennant | AO 18 |
| Built by | Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co. (Newport News, Virginia, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 2 Feb, 1919 |
| Launched | 29 Oct, 1919 |
| Commissioned | 1 Jan, 1922 |
| End service | 17 Jul, 1946 |
| Loss position | |
| History | Decommissioned on 22 June 1922 Recommissioned on 22 January 1940 Decommissioned on 17 September 1946 Stricken on 29 October 1946 Sold to be broken up for scrap on 10 September 1947 |