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Lake Gaspar (ID 4086)



Civilian call sign:
Love - Nan - Cast - Boy
Freighter:

  • Built in 1918 by the American Shipbuilding Co., Cleveland, OH
  • Acquired by the Navy 4 October 1918 at Montreal, Canada
  • Commissioned 10 October 1918
  • Decommissioned 31 March 1919 at New York and returned to the United States Shipping Board
  • Sold in 1926 to the Ford Motor Co., River Rouge, MI and scrapped.

    Specifications:

  • Displacement 2,331 t.
  • Length 261'
  • Beam 43' 6"
  • Draft 21' 2"
  • Speed 9.3 kts.
  • Complement 52
  • Armament: One 3"/50 mount
  • Propulsion: Two single ended boilers, one 1,200hp vertical triple expansion steam engine, one shaft.
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    Lake Gaspar 158k In port, possibly when inspected by the Third Naval District on 28 March 1919 following her Navy service
    Naval Historical Center photo NH 105212    		 Robert Hurst
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