Allied Warships

USS Ramapo (AO 12)

Oiler of the Patoka class


Photo courtesy of Jeff Schwarm

NavyThe US Navy
TypeOiler
ClassPatoka 
PennantAO 12 
Built byNewport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co. (Newport News, Virginia, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down16 Jan 1919 
Launched11 Sep 1919 
Commissioned15 Nov 1919 
End service10 Jan 1946 
History

Decommissioned on 10 January 1946
Stricken on 21 January 1946
Sold to be broken up for scrap in 1953

 

Commands listed for USS Ramapo (AO 12)

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CommanderFromTo
1Cdr. William Cecil Vose, USN12 May 1939Jul 1940
2Duncan Curry, Jr., USNJul 194017 Jun 1942
3Cdr. William Bernard Goggins, USN17 Jun 194221 Aug 1942
4T/Lt.Cdr. Alfred James Homann, USN21 Aug 194221 Dec 1943
5William Howard Fogarty, USNR21 Dec 194328 Dec 1943
6Lt. Harry Ellis Goza, USNR28 Dec 194311 Jan 1944
7William Howard Fogarty, USNR11 Jan 19442 Aug 1944
8Lt.Cdr. John Hardin Bale, USNR2 Aug 194421 Nov 1945

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