High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Ramapo (AO-12), a Patoka class oiler, built under U.S. Shipping Board contract, was laid down 16 January 1919 by the Newport News Shipbuilding Dry Dock Co., Newport News, Va.; launched 11 September 1919; and commissioned 15 November 1919, Lt. Comdr. J. D. Smith, USNRF, in command.