U.S.S. Neches
AO-5
1941
(Saratoga Model Shipyard SMY-23)
- Class: Brazos - 3 oilers of 1916-18
- Displacement: 5,723 tons light; 14,800 tons full load
- Dimensions: 458 x 56 x 26.5 ft.
- Machinery: 1-shaft reciprocating V.T.E., S.H.P. 5,200 = 14 knots
- Armament: 4-5"/51, 2-3"/50 A.A. guns
- Complement: 117
- Builder: Boston Navy Yard, Boston, Massachusetts
- Laid down: 8 Jun 1919
- Launched: 2 Jun 1920
- Commissioned: 25 Oct 1920
- Notes: Atlantic Fleet oiler 1920-22. Transferred to Pacific and based at San Diego 1922-42. On 7 Dec 1941 she was enroute San Diego-Pearl Harbor. Departed Pearl Harbor 22 Jan 1942 to fuel ships scheduled to raid Wake Island. Torpedoed and sunk early 23 Jan by Japanese submarine I-72 causing cancellation of operation.
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