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Originally posted by BruceDuncan
I'd agree that they exist, but it is important to keep in mind that they were build in the age before underway replenishment - they are tankers, not fleet oilers.
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Originally posted by Brockpaine
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Originally posted by BruceDuncan
I'd agree that they exist, but it is important to keep in mind that they were build in the age before underway replenishment - they are tankers, not fleet oilers.
Kinda-sorta - if I recall correctly, some ships of those classes were involved in the USN's first UNREP experiments in the early 1920s, so they ought to have a marginal capability for it.
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