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Lake Pepin (ID 4215)


Cargo Ship: Built in 1918 as Muerthe by the McDougall-Duluth Shipbuilding Co., Duluth, MN; Renamed Lake Pepin prior to completion; Acquired by the Navy in September 1918 and commissioned Lake Pepin (ID 4215) at Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The ship served as a Naval Overseas Transportation Service coal carrier between the United Kingdom and France until May 1919, then returned to the U.S. with a cargo of ordnance. Decommissioned in June 1919 and returned to the United States Shipping Board; Sold in 1923 to the Hammond Lumber Co., San Francisco, CA and renamed Samoa; Sold again in 1935 to the Wheeler Logging Co., Portland, OR; Sold in 1936 to C.H. Wheeler, Portland, OR; Sold in 1942 to W.A. Schaefer, Portland, OR; Sold for the final time, in 1946 to the U.S. Maritime Commission, Washington, DC; Broken up for scrap at Pittsburgh, PA, in 1948.

Specifications: Displacement 2,240 t.; Length 261'; Beam 43' 6"; Draft 17' 7"; Speed 10 kts.; Complement 56; Armament one 3".


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Lake Pepin 37k . Historical Collections of the Great Lakes
Lake Pepin 75k US Navy Photo NH 102001 Naval Historical Center

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