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Piave (ID 3799)

Sunk 28 January 1919

Cargo Ship: Built in 1918 by the Federal Steamship Co., Kearny, NJ; Acquired by the Navy, 18 December 1918 and commissioned the same day at Brooklyn, NY; Ran aground near Deal, England, 28 January 1919 half a mile east of Gull Lightship in the Straits of Dover and broke in half; Struck from the Naval Register, 4 February 1919.

Specifications: Displacement 13,130 t.; Length 411' 6"; Beam 55'; Draft 27"; Speed 11 kts.; Complement 72;
Armament unknown.
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Piave 59k Departing the shipyard of her builder, Federal Shipbuilding Company, Kearny, New Jersey, for official trials, 18 December 1918
USN Photo NH 102129
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Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships History: Piave (No. 3799), a steam cargo ship was launched for the USSB in 1918 by the Federal Shipbullding Co., Hackensack River, N.J., acquired by the Navy 18 December 1918 for operation as a NOTS vessel on Army account, and commissioned at Brooklyn, N.Y. 18 December 1918, Lt. Comdr. H.L. Mortenson, USNRF, in command.

After fitting out and upon successful completion of sea trials, she steamed for Falmouth, England 14 January 1919 with a cargo of flour and pork destined for Ameriean troops overseas. Piave arrived Falmouth 28 January and steamed on for Rotterdam the same day. That night, during a fierce storm accompanied by a blinding snow, she went aground about half a mile east of Gull Lightship in the Straits of Dover. Although she parted amidships and lost her entire cargo, all hands were rescued.

Piave was struck from the Navy List 4 February 1919.


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