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Radnor (ID 3023)


Cargo Ship: Built in 1918 as War Indian by the Sun Shipbuilding Co., Chester, PA; Renamed Radnor prior to completion; Acquired by the Navy 11 April 1918; Commissioned Radnor (ID 3023), 13 May 1918; Decommissioned, (date unknown); Returned to the United States Shipping Board 24 October 1919; Sold in 1930 to the Luckenbach Steamship Co, New York and renamed Jacob Luckenbach; Sold in 1947 to the China Overseas Lines, Shanghai and renamed Tung Ping; Sold in 1950 to the Pacific Union Marine Corp, Panama and renamed Pacific Dragon; Sold in 1955 to Pacific Bulk Carrier Inc., Panama and renamed Oceanic Justice; Scrapped in 1959 at Tokyo, Japan.

Specifications: Displacement 10,000 t.; Length 450'; Beam 57' 6"; Draft 28' 2"; Speed 10.5 kts.; Complement 75; Armament one 5" and one 6-pounder.


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Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships: Radnor (Id. No. 3023), formerly War Indian, was built in 1918 by the Sun Shipbuilding Co., Chester, Pa., for the Cunard Steamship Co.; requisitioned by the Navy 11 April 1918, and commissioned at Philadelphia 13 May 1918, Lt. Comdr. Mareus S. Harloe, USNRF, in command.

Radnor was assigned to the Naval Overseas Transportation Service and was used as a cargo ship carrying Army munitions and supplies overseas during World War I. She departed Philadelphia 31 May 1918 for Cristobal, C.Z., with a full Army cargo and then proceeded via Callao, Peru, to Antofagasta, Chile, arriving 28 June. Radnor later joined two convoys to France, the first arrived at Marseilles 19 September and the second reached Quiberon 4 January 1919.

Radnor was transferred to the Cruiser and Transport Force 7 March 1919 and was subsequently converted into a troop transport. During this assignment, she made four round trips to France, returning home with 5,876 veterans. Radnor was detached 25 September 1919 from the Cruiser and Transport Force and turned over to the USSB 24 October.


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