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Chinampa (SP 1952)


Tanker: Built in 1903 as Prometheus by the Palmer Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., Newcastle-on-Tyne, England; Renamed Cushing, (date unknown); Acquired by the Navy, 23 September 1918; Commissioned USS Chinampa (SP 1952), 3 October 1918; Decommissioned, 27 May 1919 and returned to the United States Shipping Board. Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 13,675 t.; Length 442'; Beam 54' 8"; Draft 26' 2"; Speed 10 kts.; Complement 96; Armament one 5" and one 3".


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Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships: Chinampa (No. 1952) was built in 1903 by Palmer Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., Newcastle-on-Tyne, England as Cushing. She was acquired from the Shipping Board 23 September 1918, and commissioned 3 October 1918, Lieutenant Commander E. W. Miller, USNRF, in command.

Assigned to the Nava] Overseas Transportation Service, she made two transatlantic voyages for the Navy between 16 October 1918 and 11 February 1919, and an additional voyage for the Army from 23 February to 28 March 1919, carrying gasoline and fuel oil to various ports in France, England, and Belgium.

Chinampa was decommissioned 27 May 1919 and delivered to the Shipping Board for return to her owner.


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