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Cohasset (SP 3679)


Cargo Ship: Built in 1918 by the Fore River Shipbuilding Corp., Quincy, MA; Acquired by the Navy, 5 December 1918 and commissioned the same day; Decommissioned, 9 May 1918 at Norfolk, VA and returned to to the United States Shipping Board. Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 5,770 t.; Length 406' 4"; Beam 54' 6"; Draft 25'; Speed 10 kts.; Complement 42;
Armament unknown.


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Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships:

Cohasset

Towns in Massachusetts and Minnesota.

The second Cohasset was built in 1918 by Fore River Shipbuilding Corp., Quincy, Mass.; transferred from the Shipping Board 5 December 1918, and commissioned the same day, Lieutenant Commander E. S. B. Beecher USNRF, in command.

Assigned to the Naval Overseas Transportation Service, Cohasset sailed from Boston 22 December carrying Army supplies for St. Nazaire, France, where she arrived 16 January 1919. Returning to Boston 3 March 1919, she reloaded and departed a week later for Bordeaux, France, arriving 25 March. After discharging her cargo at Bordeaux, she steamed to Pauillac where she loaded ammunition for return to the United States. Arriving at Norfolk 29 April 1919, she was decommissioned 9 May 1919 and returned to the Shipping Board the same day.


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