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Berwyn (ID 3565)


Freighter: Built in 1918 by the Maryland Steel Co., Sparrows Point, MD; Acquired by the Navy 28 September 1918 and commissioned the same day; Decommissioned 10 May 1919 at Brooklyn, NY and returned to the United States Shipping Board. Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 10,570 t.; Length 391' 10"; Beam 52'; Draft 24'; Speed 11 kts.; Complement 51; Armament one 5" and one 3".


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Berwyn 67k Off the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation shipyard, Sparrows Point, Maryland, upon completion, 26
September 1918.
USN Photograph NH 64594-A
Naval Historical Center

Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships History:

Berwyn

Berwyn is a town in Illinois, Maryland, Nebraska, New York, Pennsylvania, and Oklahoma.

Berwyn, a cargo vessel, was built in 1918 by Maryland Steel Co., Sparrows Point, Md.; transferred from the Shipping Board 28 September 1918; and commissioned the same day, Lieutenant Commander C. Etzweiler, USNRF, in command.

Assigned to the Naval Overseas Transportation Service, Berwyn carried Army supplies to France. Decommissioned at Brooklyn, N. Y., 10 May 1919, she was returned to the Shipping Board the same day.


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