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Merauke (ID 2498)


Cargo Ship: Built in 1911 by Kon. Maats. de Schelde, Flushing, Holland; Acquired by the Navy 28 March 1918 and commissioned the same day; Decommissioned 8 May 1919 at Copenhagen and returned to her owners, the Rotterdam Lloyd Steamship Co. Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 13,235 t.; Length 446'; Beam 54' 4"; Draft 26' 2"; Speed 12.5 kts.; Complement 97; Armament one 5" and one 6-pounder.


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Merauke 79k Photographed during World War I.
U.S. Navy photo NH 102128
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