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Hilton (SP 1574)

Hilton served both the U. S. Army and the Navy.

Cargo Ship: Built in 1911 by the Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Co., Newport News, VA; Acquired by the Army, September 1917; Acquired by the Navy, November 1918 and commissioned the same day; Decommissioned, 16 April 1919 at Hampton Roads, VA and returned to her owners. Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 6,600 t.; Length 313' 6"; Beam 46'; Draft 20' 8"; Speed 9 kts.; Complement 65; Armament one 5" and one 3".
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Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships: Hilton ( No. 1574) was built by the Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. in 1911 and chartered from A. H. Bull Steamship Co., New York, by the Army in September 1917. A year later she was acquired by the Navy, and commissioned at Cardiff, Wales, on a November 1918, Lt. Comdr. Walter L. Farnsworth in command.

Out of Cardiff, Hilton delivered two cargos in France, to Bordeaux early in December and St. Nazaire in January. She returned to Cardiff and went on to Southampton to load, sailing for home 6 March.

Hilton arrived Hampton Roads 27 March and decommissioned there 16 April 1919, being redelivered to her owners.


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