Please report any broken links or trouble you might come across to the Webmaster. Please take a moment to let us know so that we can correct any problems and make your visit as enjoyable and as informative as possible.


NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive

Finland (ID 4543)


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

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
World War I Victory Medal (with Armed Guard and Transport clasps)

  • Laid down in 1902 by William Cramp and Son, Philadelphia, PA.
  • Launched in 1902 for the International Mercantile Marine Co.
  • Chartered by the Army Transport Service, 3 June 1917
  • Delivered to the Navy 24 April 1918
  • Commissioned USS Finland 26 April 1917
  • Designated ID-4543 in late 1917
  • Decommissioned 15 November 1919 and delivered to the War Department. Fate unknown.
    Specifications:
    Displacement: 22,400 t.(fl)
    Length: 580
    Beam: 60' 2"
    Draft: 31' 4"
    Speed: 16 kts.
    Complement: 414
    Armament: Four single 4"/40 gun mounts and two 1-pounders
    Propulsion: Coal fired boilers, steam turbine, single propeller
    Click On Image
    For Full Size Image
    Size Image Description Source
    Finland 94k Underway in a U.S. harbor, prior to World War I.
    U.S. Navy photo NH 100549
    Naval Historical Center
    Finland 72k Photographed while serving as a transport during World War I, probably in 1917. This view, which shows her in one of the experimental camouflage schemes used in about 1917, has been heavily retouched.
    Courtesy of the International Merchantile Marine Company, New York City.
    U.S. Navy photo NH 53905
    Naval Historical Center
    Finland 60k Finland arriving at a U.S. east coast port with U.S. Troops from Europe, circa 1918-19. Paul E. Petoky
    Finland 149k In drydock at Brest, France, showing damage received when whe was torpedoed on 28 October 1917.
    U.S. Navy photo NH 53906
    Naval Historical Center
    Finland 189k King George V, of England (center foreground, with beard) inspecting the armament of the American troop transport Finland, at Liverpool during World War I. Standing by the King's left shoulder is Lieutenant Commander Stanton L.H. Hazard, USN, who commanded the Navy gun crews on board the ship. The gun at left appears to be a 4"/40.
    U.S. Navy photo 53907
    Naval Historical Center
    Finland 124k In port during the World War I era, probably in 1919.
    Collection of Chief Warrant Officer J.B. Dofflemeyer, 1972.
    U.S. Navy photo NH 83123
    Naval Historical Center

    View the Finland (ID 4543)
    DANFS history entry located on the Naval Historical Center web site
    Back To The Main Photo Index Back To The Service Force Ship Type Index Back to the Identification Numbered Vessel (ID) Photo Index

    Comments, Suggestions, E-mail Webmaster

    This page created by Gary P. Priolo and maintained by Joe Radigan
    © 2005 Gary P. Priolo © 1996 - 2005 NavSource Naval History. All Rights Reserved.