SS Wakulla
United States West Coast waters, at the time of her commissioning in June 1918 with dazzle camouflage .
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| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | Wakulla |
| Namesake | The Wakulla River, the village of Wakulla Beach, Wakulla County, and Wakulla Springs, all in Florida |
| Owner | USSB |
| Builder | Los Angeles Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co., San Pedro |
| Yard number | 2 |
| Laid down | 1 August 1917 |
| Launched | 14 January 1918 |
| Commissioned | 25 June 1918 |
| Maiden voyage | 21 July 1918 |
| Homeport | Los Angeles |
| Identification |
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| Fate | Scrapped, 1931 |
| History | |
 United States | |
| Name | USS Wakulla |
| Operator | U.S. Navy (1918–1919) |
| Acquired | 22 June 1918 |
| Commissioned | 26 June 1918 |
| Decommissioned | 18 April 1919 |
| Fate | Returned to owners 18 April 1919 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Design 1013 ship |
| Tonnage | |
| Displacement | 12,186 tons (normal) |
| Length | 410 ft 0 in (124.97 m) |
| Beam | 54 ft 4 in (16.56 m) |
| Draft | 24 ft 2 in (7.37 m) mean |
| Depth | 27 ft 2 in (8.28 m) |
| Installed power | 670 Nhp, 2,500 ihp |
| Propulsion | screw |
| Speed | 10+1⁄2 knots (12.1 mph; 19.4 km/h) |
| Complement | 62 |
| Armament |
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Wakulla was a steam cargo ship built in 1918-1919 by
Los Angeles Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company of San Pedro for the United States Shipping Board as part of the wartime shipbuilding program of the Emergency Fleet Corporation
(EFC) to restore the nation's Merchant Marine.
SS Wakulla was a
Wakulla County
, FL.
Wakulla loaded a capacity
Dublin, Ireland
, on 29 September 1918.
After unloading her cargo there, Wakulla shifted to
armistice
of 11 November 1918 stilled the guns of World War I.
Loading a cargo of foodstuffs earmarked for the
Navy List
.
Returned to the United States Shipping Board and once again becoming SS Wakulla, she operated actively out of Los Angeles, California, until 1923, when she was laid up, in reserve. She remained in this status until the first half of 1931 when, due to age and deterioration, she was scrapped at
Baltimore, Maryland
.
References
- ^ Ship's Data - U.S. Naval Vessels. Washington, DC: United States Government Printing Office. 1919. p. 530.
- This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
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