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Lake Weston (ID 2926)


Cargo Ship: Built in 1918 as War Swift by the Detroit Ship Building Co., Wyandotte, MI; Renamed Lake Weston before completion; Acquired by the Navy and commissioned Lake Weston (ID 2926), 27 November 1918; Grounded and stranded in Bristol Channel, England, 28 December 1918; Seized by the British but released back to U. S. control, (date unknown); Sold in 1919 to Panaghis Vergottis, Argostoli, Greece and renamed Panaghis Vergottis; Sold in 1925 to C.B. Nielsen, Skien, Norway and renamed Strand; Sold in 1935 to Odd Godager, Oslo, Norway and renamed Rondo; Sold in 1938 to Thv. Johnsen, Jr., Oslo, Norway and renamed Salt; Sold in 1939 to the Wasa Steamship Co., Ltd., Wasa, Finland and renamed Solbritt; Seized in 1941 by the Minister of War Transport (Harper, Hopps & Co., Ltd., Mgrs.), Glasgow, Scotland; Returned in 1946 to A/B Vasa Red. (F. Lundberg), Vasa, Finland; Sold in 1953 to Karl Kahre, Mariehamn, Finland; Sold in 1955 to Red. A/B Fidelia Laivo O/Y, Helsinki, Finland and renamed Fidelia; Broken up in Denmark in 1959.

Specifications: Displacement 1,157 t.; Length 261'; Beam 43' 6"; Draft 17' 8"; Speed 10 kts.; Complement 52; Armament one 3".


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