Ohio

Survived

Type	Transport
War	Second World War
Main guns	1 × 5-inch low-angle gun (aft)

American tanker lent to Britain for Pedestal, the fastest one available. Torpedoed, bombed and twice set on fire, she was towed into Grand Harbour on 15 August 1942 lashed between two destroyers, and her fuel kept Malta's aircraft flying. She never sailed again.

The damaged tanker OHIO, supported by Royal Navy destroyers, approaches Malta after an epic voyage across the Mediterranean as part of convoy WS21S (en:Operation Pedestal) to deliver fuel and other vital supplies to the besieged island. OHIO's back was broken and her engines failed during heavy Germ Photo: Cook H E (Lt), War Office official photographer, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

1 × 5-inch low-angle gun (aft)
1 × 3-inch anti-aircraft gun (bows)
1 × Bofors 40 mm L/60 gun abaft the funnel
6 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannon

Builder	Sun Shipbuilding & Drydock Co.
Laid down	7 September 1939
Launched	20 April 1940
Length	515 ft (157 m) o/a 495.0 ft (150.9 m) p/p
Speed	16 kn (30 km/h) (sea trials 19 kn (35 km/h))
Complement	77 men (24 DEMS gunners)

As built, from the ship's Wikipedia article. Figures there may cover later refits too.

Career

Launched

20 April 1940

Operation Pedestal

Damaged

10–15 August 1942

Towed into Grand Harbour

Fate

Survived

Sunk by naval gunfire practice 19 September 1946