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|Displacement:
| 22,445 Tons
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|Length:
| 526'00"
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|Beam:
| 68'00"
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|Propulsion:
| Geared steam turbines driving a single propeller.
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|Speed:
| 16.5 knots
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'''USS ''Monongahela'' (AO-42)''' was a {{sclass|Mattaponi|oiler||ship}} in the [[United States Navy]] during [[World War II]]. She was the second U.S. Navy ship named for the [[Monongahela River]] in [[West Virginia]] and [[Pennsylvania]].

==History==
''Monongahela'' was laid down as SS ''Ellkay'', a [[T2 tanker|type T2-A tanker]]. The ship was built at [[Sun Shipbuilding and Drydock Co.]] in [[Chester, Pennsylvania]] as hull number 227 and USMC number 158 in 1942.  The U.S. Navy took control of it the same year.

==References==
* http://www.t2tanker.org

== External links ==
* {{navsource|09/19/19042|Monongahela}}


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[[Category:Mattaponi class oilers]]
[[Category:World War II auxiliary ships of the United States]]
[[Category:World War II tankers of the United States]]
[[Category:United States Navy Pennsylvania-related ships]]
[[Category:United States Navy West Virginia-related ships]]
[[Category:Ships built in Pennsylvania]]