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Plymouth (SP 3308)


Cargo Ship: Built in 1915 by the New York Shipbuilding Co., Camden, NJ; Acquired by the Navy 30 July 1918; Commissioned 2 August 1918; Decommissioned 25 February 1919 at New York and returned to the United States Shipping Board; Sold in 1920 to the Green Star Steamship Co. Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 10,750 t.; Length 395' 1"; Beam 56' 2"; Draft 27'; Speed 11 kts.; Complement 85; Armament one 5" and one 3".


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Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships: [The third] Plymouth (SP-3308), built in 1915 by the New York Shipbuilding Co., Camden, N.J., was taken over from the Italian-American Steamship Co. by USSB and simultaneously transferred to the Navy 30 July 1918, and commissioned at New York Navy Yard 2 August, Lt. Comdr. H. A. von Pflugk, USNRF, in command.

Assigned to NOTS, Plymouth loaded military supplies at Baltimore, sailed for Hampton Roads 21 August 1918 to join a convoy bound for France, and arrived Brest 11 September. Upon returning to New York from La Palliee 17 October, the ship again sailed for France with an Army cargo, arriving at St. Nazaire 9 December 1918.

Plymouth returned to Philadelphia 10 January 1919 and steamed on to New York. She decommissioned there 25 February and transferred to USSB for disposal. She was sold to Green Star S. S. Co. in 1920.


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