SMY 08 USS Kanawha (AO 1) Built 1914-15  Mare Is. Navy Yard; 4990 tons displ.; 475.5x56x6.25 feet; stm. recip. SHP 5200 = 14kts; 4x4"/50 (later 4x5"/51 + 2x3"/35).  Commissioned 9.6. 1915 assigned Atlantic Fleet; WWI convoys to Europe; 9.8.'19 Pacific Fleet duties; 1929-34 decommissioned; 6.1934 - 5.1942 West coast to Hawaii and Midway; 5,42-4,43 SW Pacific campaign 7.4.1943 bombed and sunk Japanese planes at Tulagi, Solomon Is.  Worlds first for the purpose buit naval oiler.  Sisterships CUYAMA and MAUMEE.