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Mercer (ID 3837)


Cargo Ship: Built in 1918 by the Federal Shipbuilding Co., Hackensack River, NJ; Acquired by the Navy, 16 January 1919 and commissioned the same day. She made one voyage to Europe, with a cargo of food, beginning in mid-February. Upon arrival in England, she was given emergency repairs and then sent to Antwerp, Belgium. After staying at that port into early May, Mercer recrossed the Atlantic and steamed on to New Orleans, Louisiana, where she was decommissioned on 26 May 1919. She was returned to the United States Shipping Board, 3 June 1919. Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 13,130 t.; Length 395' 6"; Beam 55'; Draft 27'; Speed 12.8 kts.; Complement unknown; Armament unknown.


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Mercer 66k Photographed by Lionel Dottin, probably at the yard of her builder, Federal Shipbuilding Company, East Hackensack, New Jersey, after completion but before commencing her Naval service.
USN Photograph NH 102029
Naval Historical Center
Mercer 103k In drydock, possibly in a European port, 1919.
USN Photograph NH 386
Naval Historical Center
Mercer 82k View from off the ship's bow while she was in drydock, possibly in a European port, 1919. Note her anchor chains and what appears to be a paravane skeg attached to the lower part of her stem.
USN Photograph NH 49901
Naval Historical Center
Mercer 80k Crewmen standing on the ship's fantail, 1919.
Note: fancy style of name painted on her stern; rivets in her hull plating.
USN Photograph NH 49902
Naval Historical Center
Mercer 111k Crewmen leaving the ship for liberty in a European port, 1919. Note the sign on her gangway, reading: "For the Accomodation of the Captain and Ship's
Crew Only".
USN Photograph NH 84504
Naval Historical Center
Mercer 111k Ship's officers standing beside her gangway, while she was drydocked in a European port, 1919.
USN Photograph NH 84505
Naval Historical Center

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