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Domino (IX-208)

Freighter:

Built in 1919 as the USSB Design 1094 Freighter Delco at Bethlehem Steel, Wilmington, DE.

Launched, date unknown

Renamed Domino in 1922

Acquired by American Sugar Refinery Corp, 28 May 1942

Acquired by the War Shipping Administration (WSA), 22 May 1945

Acquired by Agwilines Inc. 17 June 1942, for refurbishing

Leased by Alcoa SS. Co., 3 July 1942

Redelivered to American Sugar Refinery Corp., 15 January 1944

Acquired by Lykes Bros. SS Co., 1 November 1944, under a General Agency Agreement

Acquired by the U.S. Navy as a Bare Bottom Charter from the War Shipping Administration at Pearl Harbor, 15 May 1945

Classified Miscellaneous Unclassified IX-208

Never taken up on the list of naval vessels

Towed from Pearl Harbor by the WSA tug Gay Head, to Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet in February 1946

Final Disposition, scrapped in 1950

Specifications:
Displacement 3170 t.
Length 326'
Beam 46’
Depth of Hold unknown
Draft 21’
Speed unknown
Complement unknown
Armament unknown

Propulsion

boiler(s)

steam engine

single propeller

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094620801	393k	SS Domino underway in July 1941 in the Caribbean Sea. MARAD

Domino (IX-208)
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)

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