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Jeanette Skinner (ID 1321)
Freighter: Built in 1917 as J. M. Fox by the Skinner and Eddy Corp., Seattle, WA; Sold to Knut Knutsen OAS before launching and renamed Jeanette Skinner; Completed in August 1917 and acquired by the United States Shipping Board (USSB) in 1917; Acquired by the Navy 12 April 1918 and commissioned USS Jeanette Skinner (ID 1321) the same day; Decommissioned 10 June 1919 at Baltimore, MD and returned to the USSB for return to her owners; Sold in 1937 to Wheelock, a British firm based in Shanghai, China; Acquired by the British Ministry of War Transport in August 1944; Transferred to the U.S. War Shipping Administration in December 1944; Scrapped at Baltimore in August 1945.
Specifications: Displacement 5,700 t.; Length 410' 6"; Beam 54'; Draft 24' 2"; Speed 10 kts.; Complement 32; Armament one 6" and one 6-pounder.
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Just after launch at the Skinner and Eddy Corporation shipyard, Seattle, Washington, 30 June 1917.
Naval Historical Center photo NH 65061-A |
Robert Hurst |
| USS Jeanette Skinner (ID 1321) |
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Photograph dated July 1918. The original image was printed on postal card stock. The following is hand written on the card's reverse side: "Loading supplies at Hampton Roads en route to France from Baltimore."
Donation of Dr. Mark Kulikowski, 2006.
Naval Historical Center photo NH 104118 |
Robert Hurst |
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships History: Jeanette Skinner, a cargo ship, was launched in 1917 by Skinner & Eddy Corp., Seattle, Wash.; taken over by the Navy from the USSB; and commissioned 12 April 1918. Lt. Comdr. C. A. Nickerson, USNRF, in command.Jeanette Skinner was assigned to NOTS to transport cargo from the United States to France. After loading general supplies, she departed New York 3 May and arrived Brest, France 2 weeks later. After four round-trip cruises to replenish supplies in war-depleted Europe, Jeannette Skinner arrived Baltimore 2 June 1919. She decommissioned 10 June and was returned to the USSB for return to her owners.
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