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Lake Charlotte (ID 4394)



Civilian call sign (1919):
Love - King - Vice - Cast
Freighter:

  • Built in 1918 as War Cymbal by the Great Lakes Engine Works, Ashtabula, OH for the Cunard Steamship Co., Ltd., agent for the Shipping Controller, London, England
  • Renamed Lake Charlotte prior to completion
  • Acquired by the Navy 17 October 1918 at Cardiff, Wales and commissioned USS Lake Charlotte (ID 4394) the same day
  • Decommissioned 23 September 1919 and returned to the United States Shipping Board
  • Sold in 1927 to the Ford Motor Co. of River Rouge, MI and scrapped in 1928.

    Specifications:

  • Displacement 2,239 t.
  • Length 161'
  • Beam 43' 6"
  • Draft 19' 9"
  • Speed 10 kts.
  • Complement 52
  • Armament: One 3" mount
  • Propulsion: One 1,500ihp steam engine, one shaft.
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