Difference between revisions of "SS William Luckenbach"
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| caption2 = SS Pommern c1917 US Naval History and Heritage Command., Photo # NH 44060 | | caption2 = SS Pommern c1917 US Naval History and Heritage Command., Photo # NH 44060 | ||
| shipname = SS William Luckenbach | | shipname = SS William Luckenbach | ||
− | | shipowner = Luckenbach Steamship Company, New York | + | | shipowner = Norddeutscher Lloyd, / Luckenbach Steamship Company, New York |
− | | shipbuilder = Bremer | + | | shipbuilder = Schiffsbau & Maschinefabrik Bremer Vulkan, |
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| shiplaunched = 1913 | | shiplaunched = 1913 | ||
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==Remarks== | ==Remarks== | ||
− | The SS Luckenbach was a Rappahannock class store ship | + | The SS Luckenbach was a Rappahannock class store ship. Originally launched as ''SS Pommern'' for the North German Lloyd Line and used on the Australian freight service via the Cape of Good Hope. Interned in Honolulu after the outbreak of WW1, she was seized and taken over by the US Navy when the US entered the war, and commissioned as ''USS Rappahannock (AF-6)'' on 8 Dec 1917 and used primarily for stock transport. |
− | Decommissioned by the US Navy on 10 Dec 1924, she remained in reserve until sold to the Luckenbach Steamship Co on 5 Oct 1933, and renamed ''SS William Luckenbach'' and operated under that name until sold to an Italian company in November 1946. | + | Decommissioned by the US Navy on 10 Dec 1924, she remained in reserve until sold to the Luckenbach Steamship Co on 5 Oct 1933, and renamed ''SS William Luckenbach'' and operated under that name until sold to an Italian company in November 1946 who renamed her ''Maria C''. Laid up in 1952 and scrapped during 1953. |
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Latest revision as of 22:55, 14 September 2023
Remarks
The SS Luckenbach was a Rappahannock class store ship. Originally launched as SS Pommern for the North German Lloyd Line and used on the Australian freight service via the Cape of Good Hope. Interned in Honolulu after the outbreak of WW1, she was seized and taken over by the US Navy when the US entered the war, and commissioned as USS Rappahannock (AF-6) on 8 Dec 1917 and used primarily for stock transport.
Decommissioned by the US Navy on 10 Dec 1924, she remained in reserve until sold to the Luckenbach Steamship Co on 5 Oct 1933, and renamed SS William Luckenbach and operated under that name until sold to an Italian company in November 1946 who renamed her Maria C. Laid up in 1952 and scrapped during 1953.