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Lake Daraga (ID 4428)



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

  • Built in 1918 by the American Shipbuilding Co., Superior, WI
  • Launched 12 June 1918
  • Acquired by the Navy, 27 July 1918 and commissioned the same day at Montreal, Canada
  • Decommissioned, 24 November 1919 at New York and returned to the United States Shipping Board.
  • Sold for scrap in 1926 to the Ford Motor Co.

    Specifications:

  • Displacement 1,447t.
  • Length 261'
  • Beam 43' 6"
  • Draft 24' 4"
  • Speed 9 kts.
  • Complement 52
  • Armament: One 4" mount
  • Propulsion: One 1,300ihp steam engine, one shaft.
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    Lake Daraga 95k 22 June 1918
    Detroit Shipbuilding Co., Detroit, MI.    		 Historical Collections of the Great Lakes
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