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Ancon (ID 1467)

Ancon served both the U. S. Army and Navy.

Cargo Ship: Built in 1902 by the Maryland Steel Co., Sparrows Point, MD; Acquired by the Navy in 16 November 1918 at New Orleans, LA; Commissioned 28 March 1919; Decommissioned 25 July 1919 at New York, NY and returned to the War Department. Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 9,332 t.; Length 489.5''; Beam 58'; Draft 30'; Speed 13 kts.; Complement 261; Armament three 6-pounders.


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Ancon 77k 15 August 1914
SS Ancon. The first ship to transit the Panama Canal, ocean to ocean. Seen here passing the Chagres River Bridge.
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Ancon 77k Heavily retouched pre-World War I photograph..
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Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships: [The first] Ancon (Id. No. 1467)-a screw steamer built in 1902 at Sparrows Point, Md., by the Maryland Steel Co.-was acquired by the Navy from the Army at New Orleans on 16 November 1918, five days after the armistice ended World War I. The ship was outfitted as a troop transport and commissioned on 28 March 1919, Lt. Comdr. Milan L. Pittman, USNRF, in command.

Ancon's brief Navy career lasted just four months. Assigned to the Atlantic Fleet 's Cruiser and Transport Force, she made two round-trip voyages from the United States to France to bring American servicemen back home. Following her second voyage, she was decommissioned at New York City on 25 July 1919 and was returned to the War Department.


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