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W. L. Steed (ID 3449)


Tanker: Built in 1918 by the Fore River Shipbuilding Co., Quincy, MA; Acquired by the Navy 10 August 1918 at Boston; Commissioned W. L. Steed
(ID 3449)
18 September 1918; Decommissioned 26 March 1919, returned to the United States Shipping Board and struck from the Naval list the same day; Sold in 1922 to the Pan-American Petroleum and Transport Co.; Sold in 1937 to the Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey; Sunk 2 February 1942 by U-103. Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 13,000 t.; Length 431' 10"; Beam 56'; Draft 25' 6"; Speed 10.5 kts.; Complement 96;
Armament one 3".


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