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F. J. Luckenbach (ID 2160)



Civilian call sign (1919):
Love - Jig - Boy - Rush
Freighter:

  • Built in 1917 by the Fore River Shipbuilding Corp., Quincy, MA
  • Launched 15 September 1917
  • Delivered 28 November 1917
  • Acquired by the Navy 9 January 1918 and commissioned the same day
  • Decommissioned 18 August 1919 and returned to the United States Shipping Board the same day for return to her owner
  • Scrapped in 1951.

    Specifications:

  • Displacement 15,650 t.
  • Length 468' 4"
  • Beam 56'
  • Draft 30' 6"
  • Speed 13 kts.
  • Complement 92
  • Armament: One 6"/40 and one 3"/50 mount
  • Propulsion: Four Heine boilers, two 3,000shp Curtis steam turbine with reduction gears, two shafts.
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    SS F. J. Luckenbach
    F. J. Luckenbach 75k In port, probably New York City when she was inspected by the Third Naval District on 12 December 1917. The number 265 is painted on her bow in small numerals. She is also fitted with a gun platform forward
    Naval Historical Center photo NH 99327    		 Robert Hurst
    USS F. J. Luckenbach (ID 2160)
    F. J. Luckenbach 150k At anchor in 1918, while painted in type 5 design B "dazzle" camouflage
    U.S. Navy photo NH 45880    		 Naval Historical Center
    F. J. Luckenbach 83k At Boston, Massachusetts, 18 June 1919
    Photographed by J.C. Crosby, Boston
    U.S. Navy photo NH 46899
    F. J. Luckenbach 130k Underway, probably in 1919
    U.S. Navy photo NH 11
    SS F. J. Luckenbach
    Edward Luckenbach 387k Luckenbach Passenger Service brochure Tommy Trampp
    Edward Luckenbach 375k
    Edward Luckenbach 61k Luckenbach Lines advertisement from the 31 May 1921 edition of the Evening Public Ledger, Philadelphia, PA
    Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships: F. J. Luckenbach, (No. 2160) a cargo ship, was launched 15 September 1917 by Fore River Shipbuilding Corp., Quincy, Mass., acquired by the Navy 9 January 1918, and commissioned the same day, Lieutenant Commander W. [Wren] McLean, USNRF, in command.

    Outfitted as an animal transport, F. J. Luckenbach carried horses, mules, and general Army cargo on five voyages to France from New York between 12 February 1918 and 21 February 1919. She was then converted for troop transport duty, and made two voyages to return veterans of the American Expeditionary Force between April and July 1919. Decommissioned 18 August 1919, F. J. Luckenbach was returned to the Shipping Board the same day.

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