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Keresaspa (SP 1484)


Built in 1902 as Franconia by the Northumberland Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., Newcastle, England; Acquired by the Navy and commissioned, 31 October 1918; Decommissioned, 11 February 1919 and returned to her owner; Renamed Pannonia in 1922. Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 3019 t.; Length 360'; Beam 48'; Draft 13' 5"; Speed 9 kts.; Complement 86; Armament one 5".
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Keresaspa 90k Photographed circa 1918, camouflaged for World War I service. The view looks forward from off the ship's starboard quarter. The five-masted ship forward of Keresaspa is not identified.
The original print is in National Archives' Record Group 19-LCM.
US Navy Photo NH 101959
Naval Historical Center

Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships: Keresaspa, formerly Franconia, was launched 1903 by Northumberland Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., Newcastle, England. The cargo ship was acquired by the Navy from the Franconia S.S. Co., Ltd. and commissioned 31 October 1918, Lt. Comdr. James J. Boyce in command.

Assigned to NOTS, Keresaspa departed New York with a cargo of 400 horses and mules for transport to France. She discharged her cargo at La Pallice, France, and returned to Baltimore 20 January 1919. Following repairs Keresaspa decommissioned 11 February 1919 and was returned to her owners. In 1922, while employed as a merchant ship, she was renamed Pannonia.


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