| rdfs:comment | - USS Laramie (AO-16) was a Kaweah-class fleet replenishment oiler[citation needed] in the United States Navy. Laramie was built in 1920 under USSB contract by William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia; acquired by the Navy at Mobile, Alabama, 17 December 1921; and commissioned 28 December 1921, Lt. Comdr. Preston Herndon, USNRF, in command.
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| abstract | - USS Laramie (AO-16) was a Kaweah-class fleet replenishment oiler[citation needed] in the United States Navy. Laramie was built in 1920 under USSB contract by William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia; acquired by the Navy at Mobile, Alabama, 17 December 1921; and commissioned 28 December 1921, Lt. Comdr. Preston Herndon, USNRF, in command. Steaming from Mobile 10 January 1922, Laramie reached Norfolk 13 January and decommissioned 19 June. She recommissioned in ordinary 26 June 1940 at Philadelphia, Comdr. James J. Hughes in command. She arrived Brooklyn Navy Yard 28 June for alterations; recommissioned in full 6 December; returned to Philadelphia 15 December; and arrived Norfolk 17 January 1941 for duty with the Atlantic Fleet.
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