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Edward Luckenbach (SP 1662)


Cargo Ship: Built in 1916 by the Fore River Shipbuilding Corp., Quincy, MA; Acquired by the Navy, 29 August 1918 and commissioned the same day; Decommissioned, 6 August 1919 and returned to the United States Shipping Board.
Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 15,963 t.; Length 456' 5"; Beam 57' 2"; Draft 32'; Speed 16 kts.; Complement 62; Armament two 5".
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Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships: Edward Luckenbach (No. 1662), a cargo ship, was built in 1916 by Fore River Shipbuilding Corp., Quincy, Mass.; transferred to the Navy from the Shipping Board 29 August 1918; and commissioned the same day, Lieutenant Commander A. C. Fickett, USNRF, in command.

Assigned to the Naval Overseas Transportation Service, Edward Luckenbach sailed from New York 18 September 1918 with Army cargo for Marseilles. Returning to New York 22 November she was converted by the Army to a troop transport. On 18 December she was transferred to the Cruiser and Transport Force, Newport News Division. She made three voyages from New York and Newport News with cargo for St. Nazaire returning with patients, convalescents, troops, and casuals to the United States. She was unable to continue her fourth voyage from Hampton Roads because of engine trouble. She was towed to Boston, decommissioned 6 August 1919 and delivered to the Shipping Board the same day for return to her owner.


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