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Lakeside (ID 2158)
Cargo Ship: Built in 1918 as War Signal by the American Shipbuilding Co., Cleveland, OH; Renamed Lakeside before completion; Acquired by the Navy and commissioned Lakeside (ID 2158), 25 January 1918; Decommissioned, 25 January 1919 and was returned to the United States Shipping Board; Sold in 1920 to Lloyd Royal Belge, S.A., Antwerp, Belgium and renamed Sicilier; Sold in 1925 to Armement Gylsen, S.A., Antwerp, Belgium and renamed Koffiehandel; Sold again in 1925 to S.A. de Gerance et d'Armement, Dunkirk, France and renamed Cap Fedhala; Sold in 1932 to A.G. Pappadakis,
Piraeus, Greece and renamed Virginia; Sold in 1946 to Transmediterranean Nav. Co., Alexandria, Panama; Stranded west of Atherfield, Isle of Wight, 24 December 1952. Refloated 23 January 1953, and towed to Southampton.
Declared a constructive total loss and laid up. Arrived at Aviles, Spain, on 18 November 1953, for scrapping.
Specifications: Displacement 4,400 t.; Length 251'; Beam 43' 6"; Draft 17' 9"; Speed 10 kts.; Complement unknown; Armament one 5" and one 6-pounder.
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