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Kamesit (ID 3829)



Civilian call sign (1919):
Love - Pup - Quack - Dog
Freighter:

  • Built in 1918 by Moore Shipbuilding Co., Oakland, CA
  • Delivered 29 January 1919, acquired by the Navy and commissioned the same day
  • Decommissioned 23 May 1919 and transferred to the United States Shipping Board (USSB)
  • Scrapped in 1930.

    Specifications:

  • Displacement 12,600 t.
  • Length 416' 6"
  • Beam 53'
  • Draft 26' 5¼"
  • Speed 11 kts.
  • Complement 81
  • Armament: Two 5"/51 and two 4"/50 mounts
  • Propulsion: Four Heine oil-fired boilers, one 2,800ihp vertical triple expansion steam engine, one shaft.
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    for full size image    		 Size Image Description Source
    Kamesit 90k U.S.Navy photo NR&L(M) 40305 Naval Historical Center
    Kamesit 69k Photographed when first completed in late 1918, probably while on her trial trip in San Francisco Bay, California
    U.S. Navy photos NH 64599, NH 102838 and NH 100858
    Kamesit 59k
    Kamesit 63k
    Kamesit 113k Freighters SS Kamesit photographed on 24 January 1919 alongside a sister, S.S. Yamhill (later USS Arctic, AF-7), at the yard of her builder, Moore Shipbuilding Co., Oakland, California
    National Archives photo from Shipscribe.com    		 Robert Hurst
    Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships: Kamesit, a cargo ship, was built by the Moore Shipbuilding Co., Oakland Calif., in 1918 for the USSB; delivered to the Navy in January 1919; and commissioned 29 January at Mare Island, Calif., Lt. Comdr. A. [Andrew] J. Shrader, USNRF, in command.

    Departing Mare Island 1 February, Kamesit loaded with barley at Porta Costa, Calif., and sailed 13 February for New York via the Panama Canal. She transited the canal 28 February and diverted to Newport News, arriving 8 March. After receiving repairs and fuel, Kamesit sailed the 18th for Hull, England, where she arrived 6 April to discharge her cargo. Loaded with ballast, she departed for New York the 18th and returned to Hull the same day for repair of a disabled steering gear. Underway 26 April, she received orders 8 May to proceed to Philadelphia and arrived 18 May. Kamesit decommissioned 23 May and was delivered to USSB the same day. She remained in custody of USSB until abandoned in 1930.

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