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Lake Huron (SP 2144)
Cargo Ship: Built in 1917 as War Hound by the American Shipbuilding Co., Chicago, IL; Renamed Lake Huron while under construction; Acquired by the Navy, 11 January 1918 and commissioned the same day; Decommissioned, 24 February 1919 and returned to the United States Shipping Board; Sold in 1920 to Lloyd Royal Belge S.A., Antwerp, Belgium and renamed Serbier; Sold in 1924 to S.A. de Gerance et d'Armement, Dunkirk, France and renamed Cap La Heve; Sold in 1931 to K. Th. Einersen, Oslo, Norway and renamed Binab; Sold in 1935 to Harald Nissen, Copenhagen, Denmark and renamed Benito; Sold in 1936 to Red. A/B Advance (Algot Johansson),
Mariehamn, Finland and renamed Advance; Sold in 1941 to the U.S. War Shipping Administration,
Panama and renamed Trojan; Sold in 1944 to the Minister of War Transport (William Cory & Sons, Mgrs.),
London, England and renamed Trojan III; Sold again to Red. A/B Sally (Algot Johansson),
Mariehamn, Finland and renamed Advance; Sold in 1963 to Ioannis Zissopoulos,
Athens, Greece and renamed Mister Stathis; Sold in 1965 to Katsaros Apostopoulos,
Athens, Greece and renamed Agios Dimitrios; Broken up for scrap in 1966 at Piraeus, Greece.
Specifications: Displacement 2,080 t.; Length 251'; Beam 43' 6"; Draft 20' 2"; Speed 9.5 kts.; Complement unknown; Armament one 5" and one 3".
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