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Lake Champlain (ID 1791)
Cargo Ship: Built in 1917 as War Chant by the American (Superior) Shipbuilding Co., Superior, WI; Acquired by the Navy, 19 January 1918; Commissioned Lake Champlain (ID 1791), 24 January 1918 at Boston, MA; Decommissioned 20 March 1919 and returned to the United States Shipping Board; Struck from the Naval Register, (date unknown); Sold, 1920 to Lloyd Royal Belge Societe, Brussels, Belgium and renamed Nipponier; Sold in 1925 to Armement Gylsen S.S, Antwerp and renamed Fruithandel; Sold in 1927 to Hiyoshi Kaiun KK, Amagasaki, Japan and renamed Meisei Maru; Torpedoed and sunk 11 June 1945 by Flying Fish (SS 229) off of Rashin, Korea at 41° 47' N., 131° 44' E.
Specifications: Displacement 3,095 t.; Length 261'; Beam 43' 6"; Draft 18' 9"; Speed 8.5 kts.; Complement 65; Armament one 6" and one 5".
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Photographed at about the time she was completed. U.S. Navy Photo NH 101995 |
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Photographed in 1917, possibly at the yard of her builder, the American Shipbuilding Co., Superior, Wisconsin. U.S. Navy Photo NH 65107 |
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Photographed circa 1918-19, while wearing camouflage paint. Courtesy of Donald M. McPherson, 1969 U.S. Navy Photo NH 69588 |
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