USS Salinas

Salinas (AO-19), one of the older generation of Navy oilers, riding light in the water with much of her dark red bottom paint showing. Unlike later ships of this type, she does not have the extensive equipment required for underway replenishment.
History
United States
NameSalinas
NamesakeSalinas River
BuilderNewport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Newport News, Virginia
Laid down10 April 1919
Launched5 May 1920
Acquired29 October 1921
Commissioned16 December 1921
Decommissioned20 June 1922
Recommissioned12 June 1926
Decommissioned16 January 1946
Stricken26 February 1946
FateSold to a private shipping company
General characteristics
Class & typePatoka Replenishment oiler
Displacement16,800 long tons (17,070 t)
Length477 ft 10 in (145.64 m)
Beam60 ft (18 m)
Draft26 ft 2 in (7.98 m) (mean)
Speed10.5 knots (19.4 km/h; 12.1 mph)
Complement87

USS Salinas (AO-19), a United States Navy Patoka-class replenishment oiler, was laid down for the United States Shipping Board (USSB) as Hudsonian (219592) on 10 April 1919 by the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Newport News, Virginia; launched on 5 May 1920; accepted by the USSB on 13 May 1920; transferred to the Navy on 29 October 1921; renamed Salinas and designated AO-19 on 3 November 1921; and commissioned at Mobile, Ala., on 16 December 1921.

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