The first USS Los Angeles (ID-1470) was a tanker in commission in the United States Navy from 1917 to 1919. she served during World War I. SS Los Angeles was built by Union Iron Works at San Francisco, California, as a commercial tanker in 1916 for the Union Oil Company of California.

The U.S. Navy acquired her from Union Oil in 1917 for World War I service under a bareboat charter, gave her the naval registry Identification Number (Id.

Between 21 March 1918 and 10 November 1918, Los Angeles made four transatlantic runs from U.S. East Coast ports, carrying fuel oil to Brest in France and to Portsmouth and Devonport in England.

During the latter part of November 1918, Los Angeles transported a cargo of fuel oil from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Cristóbal in the Panama Canal Zone.

Los Angeles was decommissioned at New York on 17 January 1919 and was returned to Union Oil the same day.