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Callao (ID 4036)


Transport: Built in 1913/14 as Sierra Cordoba by Vulkan Werke, Stettin, Germany; Renamed Callao; Acquired by the Navy 26 April 1919 and commissioned Callao (ID 4036) the same day; Decommissioned 20 September 1919 at Norfolk, VA and returned to the United States Shipping Board; Renamed Ruth Alexander while in commercial service. Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 13,269 t.; Length 455' 9"; Beam 55' 9"; Draft 26'; Speed 13 kts.; Complement 184; Armament none.


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Callao 79k In port, possibly in the New York City area at the time she was inspected for U.S. service, circa April 1919.
U.S. Navy photo NH 99172.
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