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Specifications: Displacement 19,500 t.; Length 544'; Beam 60'; Draft 26'; Speed 14 kts.; Complement 494; Armament two 1-pounders and two machine guns.
Mercury got underway for her first transatlantic troop ferrying mission 4 January 1918. Before the armistice 11 November 1918, she had completed seven voyages to France, carrying over 18,000 passengers. On July 1, 1918 the Mercury sailing in convoy with another troop transport ship, the USS Covington, came to the aid of the Covington when she was torpedoed. The Mercury took the Covington in tow but the Covington sank after gallant efforts from the Mercury. After the armistice, she reversed the flow of troops, making eight crossings to return more than 20,000 to the U.S. After completing her last crossing as a U.S. Navy ship 19 September 1919, she decommissoned and was turned over to the Army Transport Service 27 September 1919.
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