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Eastern Chief (ID 3390)



Civilian call sign (1919):
Love - King - Watch - Nan
Freighter:

  • Built in 1917 as Yoshida Maru No. 3 by the Uraga Dock Co., Yokosuka, Japan
  • Acquired by the Navy 26 September 1918
  • Commissioned USS Eastern Chief (ID 3390), 27 September 1918
  • Struck from the Navy Register 29 May 1919 and transferred to the United States Shipping Board
  • Fate unknown.

    Specifications:

    Displacement 9,606 t.

  • Length 358'
  • Beam 51'
  • Draft 22' 9"
  • Speed 12 kts.
  • Complement 70
  • Propulsion: Three single ended boilers, one 2,400hp vertical triple expansion steam engine, one shaft.
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    Eastern Chief 51k In port, possibly at Charleston, South Carolina, on 10 September 1918, when she was inspected by the Sixth Naval District. She is wearing pattern camouflage
    U.S. Navy photo NH 103540    		 Naval Historical Center
    Eastern Chief 89k
    c. early 1919
    Antwerp, Belgium
    Photo from Shipscribe.com    		 Robert Hurst
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