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Lake Champlain (ID 1791)


Cargo Ship: Built in 1917 as War Chant by the American (Superior) Shipbuilding Co., Superior, WI; Acquired by the Navy, 19 January 1918; Commissioned Lake Champlain (ID 1791), 24 January 1918 at Boston, MA; Decommissioned 20 March 1919 and returned to the United States Shipping Board; Struck from the Naval Register, (date unknown); Sold, 1920 to Lloyd Royal Belge Societe, Brussels, Belgium and renamed Nipponier; Sold in 1925 to Armement Gylsen S.S, Antwerp and renamed Fruithandel; Sold in 1927 to Hiyoshi Kaiun KK, Amagasaki, Japan and renamed Meisei Maru; Torpedoed and sunk 11 June 1945 by Flying Fish (SS 229) off of Rashin, Korea at 41° 47' N., 131° 44' E.

Specifications: Displacement 3,095 t.; Length 261'; Beam 43' 6"; Draft 18' 9"; Speed 8.5 kts.; Complement 65; Armament one 6" and one 5".


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Lake Champlain 83k Photographed at about the time she was completed.
U.S. Navy Photo NH 101995
Naval Historical Center
Lake Champlain 47k Photographed in 1917, possibly at the yard of her builder, the American Shipbuilding Co., Superior, Wisconsin.
U.S. Navy Photo NH 65107
Naval Historical Center
Lake Champlain 77k Photographed circa 1918-19, while wearing camouflage paint.
Courtesy of Donald M. McPherson, 1969
U.S. Navy Photo NH 69588
Naval Historical Center

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