 USS Tallulah (AO-50)

USS "Tallulah" (AO-50), originally named the SS "Valley Forge", was a Type T2-SE-A1 "Suamico"-class fleet oiler of the United States Navy.The ship was laid down on 1 December, 1941 under a Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 321) at Chester, Pennsylvania, by the Sun Shipbuilding & Drydock Co.; launched on 25 June 1942; sponsored by Mrs. H. Bowring; acquired by the Navy on 30 July 1942; and commissioned on 5 September 1942, Comdr.