USS Margaret (ID-2510)
SS Margaret (American freighter, 1916) photographed on 6 April 1916, around the time of the ship's completion at Sparrows Point, Maryland.
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United States | |
Name | USS Margaret, later named Chatham |
Namesake | Chatham: Counties in Georgia and North Carolina; many cities and towns in the United States. |
Owner | A.H. Bull Steamship Company of New York City |
Builder | Maryland Steel Co., Sparrows Point, Maryland |
Launched | 20 March 1916 |
Acquired | by the Navy, 13 March 1918 |
Commissioned | 26 March 1918 as USS Margaret (ID 2510) |
Decommissioned | 10 February 1919 at New York City |
Renamed | USS Chatham (ID-2510) on 18 April 1918 |
Stricken | 1919 (est.) |
Fate | Transferred to the U.S. Shipping Board for return to her owners |
Notes | Sunk by German submarine U-571 on 14 April 1942 off Cape Hatteras |
General characteristics | |
Type | Freighter |
Tonnage | 3,372 gross tons |
Displacement | 7,523 tons |
Length | 338 ft (103 m) |
Beam | 46 ft 2 in (14.07 m) |
Draft | 22 ft (6.7 m) |
Speed | 11 knots |
Complement | 70 |
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USS Margaret (ID-2510) – shortly thereafter known as USS Chatham (ID-2510) -- was a cargo ship acquired by the
Leased in New York
Margaret, a 3,372 gross ton (7,523 tons displacement) freighter, was built at
Margaret was assigned to the
World War I service
On the same date, the freighter arrived in the
Post-service demobilization
Upon returning to New York in late December 1918, she entered a shipyard for a complete overhaul and was soon designated for demobilization. USS Chatham was decommissioned on 10 February 1919 and transferred to the
Subsequent maritime career
Chatham was returned to her owners, the A.H. Bull Steamship Company of New York City. Reverting to the name Margaret, the ship appears to have continued to serve her original owners until she was sunk, without survivors, by the German submarine U-571 on 14 April 1942 off Cape Hatteras.
References
- This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
- Chatham Archived 2007-02-08 at the Wayback Machine
- USS Chatham (ID # 2510), 1918-1919. Initially commissioned as USS Margaret. Originally, and later, S.S. Margaret (American Freighter, 1916). Archived 2008-04-07 at the Wayback Machine