USN
Fleet Oiler

Launched
1914

Displacement
476' | ? | ?

Tons
15,000

Armament
3" Gun (fantail)
5" Gun (bridge)

Wartime History
Went through preliminary conversion at Philidelphia Naval Yard in October 1939. Known as "The Fat Lady" by her crew. Sent to the Pacific.

Sinking History
Refueling ships near Tulagi when Japanese aircraft targeted the anchorage on April 7, 1943 as part of Operation I-Go. Attacked by Val divebombers escorted by Zeros, the ship was hit by a divebomber's bomb blasts.

Shipwreck
Rests upright on a gently sloping sea floor bottom of 200'. Accessible to SCUBA divers.

References
X Attack of I-Operation by Richard Dunn

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