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K. I. Luckenbach (ID 2291)


Freighter: Built in 1917 by the Fore River Shipbuilding Co., Quincy, MA; Launched 27 October 1917; Acquired by the Navy 8 August 1918 at New York; Commissioned 9 August 1918; Decommissioned 5 October 1919 at Norfolk, VA and returned to her owner, the Luckenbach Steamship Co., New York.
Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 16,000 t.; Length 468' 3"; Beam 56'; Draft 30' 6"; Speed 15 kts.; Complement 99; Armament one 6" and one 3".


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K. I. Luckenbach 109k In drydock, possibly when she was inspected by the Third Naval District on 11 February 1918.
U.S. Navy photo NH 99367
Naval Historical Center
K. I. Luckenbach 60k 22 September 1920
SS K. I. Luckenbach in the Waterway (Rotterdam, Holland)
Barbara Starling

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