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Iowan (ID 3002)


Freighter: Built in 1911 by the Maryland Steel Co., Sparrows Point, MD; Launched, 1911; Acquired by the Navy, 23 December 1917 and commissioned Iowan (ID 3002) the same day; Decommissioned 22 December 1919 and returned to her owners, the American-Hawaiian Steamship Co., New York, NY. She was acquired by the War Shipping Administration in 1942 and transferred under Lend Lease to the Soviet Union 6 December 1942. The Soviets renamed the ship Tashkent and assigned it to the Far East State Sea Shipping Co. For the remainder of the war it was seconded to the Soviet Navy's Pacific Fleet. In August 1945 it delivered troops and cargo in support of the Soviet invasions of Japanese-held territory at Chongjin, Korea; Kholmsk on Sakhalin; and the Kurile Islands. After the war Tashkent returned to merchant shipping operations in the Far East. Late in 1966 it was removed from the active roster and transferred to North Korea for use as a fish processing facility. Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 14,375 t.; Length 428' 9"; Beam 53' 6"; Draft 28'; Speed 14 kts.; Complement 96; Armament one 4" and one 6-pounder.


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