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SP-2136 / AK-9 Long Beach

Built in 1892 as Yarrowdale, at William Pickersgill & Sons, Sunderland, Great Britain; Renamed Nicolas Castriotis, 1902; Renamed Hohenfelde, 1912 while in German service; Seized by the US Shipping Board, 6 April 1917, at Savannah, GA. and turned over to the Navy the same day; Commissioned USS Long Beach (SP-2136), 20 December 1917 at Charleston Navy Yard, Charleston, SC; Redesignated Cargo Ship (AK-9), 17 July 1920; Decommissioned, 26 April 1921, at Boston Navy Yard, Boston, MA; Struck from the Naval Register, (date unknown); Final Disposition sold, 24 May 1922, to B. L. Stafford, New York City.

Specifications: Displacement 5,800 t.; Length 330'; Beam 41 11"'; Draft 22'; Speed 8.5kts; Complement 104, Armament one 3" gun.

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Source
	190k	*Hohenfelde* prior to conversion to Long Beach (SP-2136). US Navy photo # NR&L(M) 4217		Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret
	69k	*Long Beach*, date and place unknown. US Navy photo		.

View the Long Beach (AK-9)
DANFS history entry located on the Haze Gray & Underway Web Site.

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