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Cape Romain (SP 2970)


Cape Romain Class Cargo Ship: Built in 1917 as War Mercury by the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp., Sparrows Point, MD; Launched, 4 May 1918; Acquired by the Navy and commissioned, 25 June 1918; Decommissioned, 3 March 1919 at New York and transferred to the United States Shipping Board. Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 10,505 t.; Length 391' 9"; Beam 52'; Draft 23' 11"; Speed 11 kts.; Complement 52; Armament one 6" and one 3".
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Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships History:

Cape Romain

A cape on the coast of South Carolina.

Cape Romain (No. 2970) was launched as War Mercury 4 May 1918 by Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp., Sparrows Point, MD.; acquired from the Shipping Board and commissioned as Cape Romain 25 June 1918, Lieutenant Commander H. E. Sanders, USNRF, in command; and reported to the Naval Overseas Transportation Service.

Cape Romain stood out of Baltimore 29 June 1918 for New York, where she loaded cargo for Argentina. On 13 July she sailed for La Plata and Buenos Aires, where she discharged and loaded cargo, returning to Boston 26 September. Between 16 October and 22 February 1919, Cape Romain made two voyages to French ports carrying supplies for the Army of Occupation. She was decommissioned at New York on 3 March 1919 and returned to the Shipping Board.


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