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Pretoria


Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
World War I Victory Medal (with Transport clasp)

  • Built in 1897 at Voss K.G., Hamburg, Germany
  • Launched (date unknown)
  • Placed in commercial service by Hamburg-Amerikanische Paketfahrt A.G.
  • Taken over by the US Navy, 28 March 1919
  • Commissioned USS Pretoria, 29 March 1919, at Cowes, England
  • Decommissioned (date unknown)
  • Delivered to the United States Shipping Board (USSB), 25 November 1919, at New York, N.Y.
    Specifications:
    Displacement 14,130 t.
    Length 561' 1"
    Beam 62' 2"
    Draft 25' 9"
    Speed 13 kts.
    Complement 542
    Armament unknown
    Propulsion unknown
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    Pretoria 64k Pretoria in port, date and place unknown. Richard Leonhardt

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