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Lake Traverse (ID 2782)


Cargo Ship: Built in 1918 as War Centaur by the McDougall-Duluth Co., Duluth, MN; Renamed Lake Traverse before completion; Acquired by the Navy and commissioned Lake Traverse (ID 2782), 19 October 1918; Decommissioned, 26 August 1919 and was returned to the United States Shipping Board; Sold in 1925 to the Union Transit Co., Chicago, IL; Sold in 1936 to the Nicholson Transit Co., Detroit, MI; Sold in 1941 to West India Sales, Ltd., Panama; Sold in 1948 to the Lawrick Shipping Co., Panama; Sold in 1950 to Ponce & Panama Marine S.A., Panama; Sold in 1952 to Abraham Babun S.A., Panama; Sprang a leak and sank, 6 July 1955, near Tortuga Island, Haiti, in position 20 degrees 95N x 72 degrees 57W, on voyage from Ponce, Puerto Rico for St. Marc, Haiti with a cargo of cement.

Specifications: Displacement 2,000 t.; Length 261'; Beam 43' 6"; Draft 17' 6"; Speed 10 kts.; Complement unknown; Armament one 3".


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