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Marne (ID 3929)


Cargo Ship: Built in 1918 by the Federal Shipbuilding Co., Kearney, NJ; Acquired by the Navy, 3 February 1919 and commissioned the same day at Brooklyn, NY; Decommissioned, 6 February 1919 and returned to the United States Shipping Board; Transferred to the Soviet Union later in 1919; Abandoned in 1933.

Specifications: Displacement 13,130 t.; Length 411'; Beam 55'; Draft 27'; Speed 10.5 kts.; Complement 72;
Armament none.


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Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships History: Marne, a turbine-powered cargo ship built by Federal Shipbuilding Co., Kearney, N.J., in 1918, was acquired by the Navy from the U.S. Shipping Board 3 February 1919; and commissioned at Brooklyn. N.Y., the same day, Lt. Comdr. Howard F. Fitzsimmons, USNRF, in command.

Assigned to NOTS duty, Marne was scheduled to carry supplies to Europe under USSB account. However, as she prepared to load a full cargo of military goods, shipping orders were canceled, and she was ordered demobilized. Marne decommissioned at New York 6 February 1919 and was transferred to USSR. She remained in the custody of USSB until abandoned in 1933.


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