 USS Leopard (IX-122)

USS "Leopard" (IX-122), an "Armadillo"-class tanker designated an unclassified miscellaneous vessel, was a United States Navy ship named for the leopard, a large and ferocious spotted cat of southern Asia and Africa.Her keel was laid down as "William B. Bankhead" on 5 October 1943 by Delta Shipbuilding Company, in New Orleans, Louisiana, under a Maritime Commission contract (T. Z-ET1-S-C3).