SS Absaroka
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SS Absaroka was a steamer, named after the Absaroka Range of mountains in Montana and Wyoming, completed in February 1918 for the United States Shipping Board (USSB) which briefly operated the ship. From 17 September 1918 to 4 March 1919 the ship was commissioned as USS Absaroka with the identification number IX-2581 in United States Navy and operated by the Naval Overseas Transportation Service.
USS Absaroka (ID-2518) probably photographed upon completion of construction, circa 1917 | |
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Namesake | Absaroka Range |
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Port of registry | Seattle (1917—1927) |
Builder | Skinner & Eddy, Seattle |
Yard number | 15 |
Laid down | 4 September 1917 |
Launched | 22 December 1917 |
Completed | 12 February 1918 |
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Fate | Scrapped 1954 |
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General characteristics [1][2] | |
Type | Design 1013 cargo ship |
Tonnage | |
Displacement | 12,397 long tons (12,596 t) |
Length | 409.6 ft (124.8 m) |
Beam | 54.1 ft (16.5 m) |
Draft | 24 ft 6 in (7.47 m) |
Depth | 27.1 ft (8.3 m) |
Installed power | 2,500 ihp, 359 Nhp |
Propulsion | Seattle Machine Works 3-cylinder triple expansion engine |
Speed | 10.5 knots (12.1 mph; 19.4 km/h) |
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The ship was returned to the USSB which operated the vessel until sold in 1927 to McCormick Steamship Company. In 1940 Absaroka was sold to Pope & Talbot, Inc. which operated it until sold foreign in April 1946. On 24 December 1941 the ship was torpedoed and damaged by torpedo off the California coast. During World War II the War Shipping Administration (WSA) took control of all oceanic shipping with Absaroka delivered to WSA 9 May 1942 to be operated by Pope & Talbot for WSA under Army and general standard agreements. On 9 April 1946 the ship was redelivered to Pope & Talbot and sold 14 April 1946 to the Greek government and then operated as Prima Vista or Primavista until 1948. The ship was then sold to other foreign interests operating as Panenterprise to 1952 and finally Maryland until broken up in 1954.