USS Sara Thompson
USS Sara Thompson at anchor | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| German Empire | |
| Name | Gut Heil |
| Operator | German Empire |
| Builder | William Armstrong, Mitchell and Co., Newcastle, England |
| Launched | 25 August 1888 |
| Fate | Sold to United States Navy 1918 |
| United States | |
| Name | USS Sara Thompson (ID-3148) |
| Namesake | named Sara Thompson at request of previous owner |
| Acquired | 8 August 1918 |
| Commissioned | 17 September 1918 as |
| Decommissioned | 21 July 1933 |
| Renamed | Sarangani 1934 |
| Reclassified | as AO-8, 17 July 1920 |
| Stricken | 12 December 1933 |
| Honors & awards | World War I Victory Medal (with Atlantic Fleet clasp) |
| Captured | May 1942 by Japanese |
| Fate | Sold on 9 August 1934 in Manila, scuttled 1942 |
| Empire of Japan | |
| Name | Sanraku Maru |
| Acquired | Raised, 6 May 1942 |
| In service | 1 January 1943 |
| Out of service | 15 June 1943 |
| Fate | Sunk by USS Trout, 15 June 1943 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | none |
| Type | tanker |
| Tonnage | 2,691 GRT |
| Displacement | 5,836 tons fully loaded |
| Length | 321 ft (98 m) |
| Beam | 40 ft 3 in (12.27 m) |
| Draft | 22 ft (6.7 m) |
| Propulsion | steam engine, one shaft |
| Speed | 9 knots (17 km/h; 10 mph) |
| Complement | 67 |
USS Sara Thompson (SP-3148/AO-8) was a tanker in the United States Navy. She was purchased at the start of World War I by the U.S. Navy and served as a tanker supporting American troops in Europe. Post-war she operated in the Pacific Ocean, supporting Navy operations in the Guam, China, and the Philippines. Because of her age and deteriorating condition, she spent her final days in the US Navy as a receiving hulk in the Philippines.