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Oskawa (ID 3797)


Cargo Ship: Built in 1918 by the Moore and Scott Shipbuilding Co., Oakland, CA; Acquired by the Navy 6 January 1919 and commissioned the same day; Decommissioned 27 February 1919 at New York and returned to the United States Shipping Board; Struck from the Naval Register, (date unknown); Custody transferred to the Maritime Commission in 1937; Sold in 1941 to the Ministry of War Transport, London, England and managed by the Houlder Line Ltd.; Renamed Empire Raven in 1942; Sold in 1948 to the South Georgia Co./Charles Salvesen and Co., and renamed Southern Raven; Scrapped at Port Glasgow, Scotland in 1952.

Specifications: Displacement 11,570 t.; Length 416' 6"; Beam 53'; Draft 27' 6"; Speed 8.5 kts.; Complement 60;
Armament unknown.


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Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships: Oskawa (ID 3797), a refrigerator ship built in 1918 by the Moore Shipbuilding Co., Oakland, Calif., for the U.S.S.B., was acquired by the Navy for use as a Naval Overseas Transportation Service refrigerator ship 6 January 1919 and commissioned the same day, Lt. Comdr. C. H. Batehelder, USRNF in command. In commission for less than two months, Oskawa decommissioned and was returned to USSB, at New York, 27 February 1919. She remained in custody of USSB and its successor the Maritime Commission until World War II.

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