USS Gulfport (AK-5)
| History | |
|---|---|
 German Empire | |
| Name |
|
| Owner | North German Lloyd SS Co. |
| Builder | Rickmers Aktien Gesellschaft, Bremerhaven, German Empire |
| Launched | 24 May 1902 |
| Fate | Seized at Pearl Harbor, Territory of Hawaii, 1917 |
.jpg) USS Gulfport (AK-5) at Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, VA., 19 April 1921.
| |
 United States | |
| Name | Gulfport |
| Namesake | Gulfport, Mississippi |
| Acquired | 1917 |
| Commissioned | 1 September 1917, USS Gulfport (SP-2989) |
| Decommissioned | 3 March 1922 |
| Reclassified | 17 July 1920, USS Gulfport (AK-5) |
| Stricken | date unknown |
| Identification |
|
| Fate | Sold, 25 May 1922, to Moore & McCormack Inc. |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Displacement | 3,800 t (3,700 long tons) |
| Length | 267 ft 4 in (81.48 m) |
| Beam | 37 ft 2 in (11.33 m) |
| Draught | 18 ft (5.5 m) |
| Propulsion | steam |
| Speed | 7.5 kn (8.6 mph; 13.9 km/h) |
| Complement | 52 |
| Armament | one single gun mount, one 6-pounder |
USS Gulfport (AK-5) was a
U.S. Navy
for service in World War I.
Acquiring a captured German freighter
Gulfport, formerly SS Locksun, ex-SS Andree Rickmers, was built at
Rickmers Aktiengesellschaft and was owned by the German Norddeutscher Lloyd Steamship Lines Co. In Pearl Harbor, when the United States entered World War I, she was seized by government orders and converted to a cargo transport at the Honolulu Navy Yard. She was commissioned on 1 September, 1917, in Honolulu
.
World War I North Atlantic operations
In company with four
Naval Overseas Transportation Service
.
Post-war operations
Until she decommissioned in 1922, Gulfport served as a cargo ship linking New York and Charleston with various
6th Naval District
, Charleston, for duty in the West Indies Freight Service.
Last voyage and decommissioning
Gulfport completed her last voyage to the Caribbean on 25 November 1921 as she returned to New York; there she decommissioned 3 March 1922 at the Brooklyn Navy Yard and was sold to Moore & McCormack Inc. of New York on 25 July 1922.
Military awards and honors
Her crew was authorized the following medals:
- World War I Victory Medal (with Transport clasp)
- Haitian Campaign Medal
References
- ^ "USS Gulfport (AK-5)". Navsource.org. Retrieved May 27, 2015.
- This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.