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Lake Forest (SP 2991)


Cargo Ship: Built in 1917 as War Fox by the American Shipbuilding Co., Lorain, OH; Renamed Lake Forest while under construction; Completed in November 1917; Acquired by the Navy, 15 January 1918 and commissioned USS Lake Forest (SP 2991) the same day; Decommissioned, 4 March 1919 and returned to the United States Shipping Board; Sold, 1920 to Lloyd Royal Belge S.A, Antwerp, Belgium and renamed Venetier; Sold, 1925 to Armement Gylsen S.A; Antwerp, Belgium and renamed Tabakhandel; Sold again in 1925 to ESTE, S.S de Nav.Sud Atlantica, Buenos Aires, Argentina; Sold, 1931 to Cia Argentina de Nav.Mihanovich, Buenos Aires, Argentina; Sold, 1937 to Cia Carbonifera y de Fundicion Schwager, Valparaiso, Chile and renamed Chollin; Sold, 1948 to Fabrica de Cemento El Melon SA, Valparaiso, Chile and renamed Rafael Ariztia; Sold, 1956 to Cia Maritima Valck & Monckton, Valparaiso, Chile and renamed San Patricio; Sold, 1957 to Georgios Vatikiotis, Piraeus, Greece and renamed Mary V; Sold again in 1957 to Geo.Sigalas' Sons, Piraeus, Greece and renamed Kadio S; Scrapped in 1960 at Gijon, Spain.

Specifications: Displacement 4,100 t.; Length 261'; Beam 43' 6"; Draft 18' 1"; Speed 10 kts.; Complement unknown; Armament one 5".


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