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USS ''Alameda'' (Fuel Ship No. 10/AO-10), was a United States Navy tanker in commission from 1919 to 1922. She was built as the civilian tanker SS ''Alameda'', but transferred to the U.S. Navy after completion in 1919. She was sold for commercial service and operated under the names SS ''Olean'' and SS ''Sweep'' before she was transferred to the Navy again in World War II as USS ''Silver Cloud'' (IX-143)''. SS ''Alameda'', one of four Design 1128 civilian tankers, was built by William Cramp and Sons for the United States Shipping Board, but was acquired by the U.S. Navy after her completion. After suffering a major fire in 1921, she was decommissioned in 1922 and sold. Repaired, she entered commercial service as SS ''Olean'' in 1925. Around the time the United States entry into World War II in December 1941, ''Olean'' was equipped with defensive armament and a complement of Naval Armed Guardsmen. In March 1942, the tanker was sailing unescorted off the North Carolina coast, when she was torpedoed twice by and abandoned with the loss of six men. The ship, however, remained afloat and was towed to Hampton Roads, Virginia. Although originally thought too damaged to repair, she nevertheless reentered service under the control of the War Shipping Administration in April 1943 as SS ''Sweep''. In October 1943, the U.S. Navy selected ''Sweep'' for service as a floating storage tanker in the Pacific. The ship was transferred to Navy control in July at Eniwetok, and commissioned as USS ''Silver Cloud'' (IX-143). She was transferred to Manus in August, and to Leyte in January 1945. At the end of 1945, she sailed to Mobile, Alabama, to await disposal. Transferred to the War Shipping Administration in March 1946, she was struck from the Naval Vessel Register in April, sold for scrapping in January 1947. == Design and construction == ''Alameda'' was laid down on 16 December 1918 as SS ''Alameda'' at Philadelphia, by William Cramp and Sons for the United States Shipping Board (USSB).〔 She was one of four Design 1128 tankers built by Cramp, all of which served as United States Navy oilers. ''Alameda'' was launched on 15 July 1919, sponsored by Helen Mull Widdows, daughter of Cramp's president, J. H. Mull. As built, the ship was in length (overall), abeam, and had a depth of . She drew with of freeboard. She was powered by a single triple-expansion steam engine (also manufactured by Cramp) with cylinders of 27, 45½, and 76 inches (69, 115, and 190 cm) diameter with a stroke.〔 Operating at , her three boilers had a grate area of and heating surface of . The engine generated ,〔 and could move the ship with a top speed of .〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「USS Alameda (AO-10)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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