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William A. McKenney (ID 2102)


William A. McKenney served both the U. S. Army and Navy.

Freighter: Built in 1916 by the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Newport News, VA; Launched 28 October 1916; Acquired by the Army 20 February 1918; Acquired by the Navy 5 June 1918 and commissioned William A. McKenney (ID 2102) the same day; Decommissioned 31 January 1919 at New York, struck from the Navy list and returned to the United States Shipping Board for return to her owners, the Crowell and Thurlow Shipbuilding Co.; Sold in the mid-1920s to the Mystic Steamship Co., Boston, MA; Sold in the late-1930s to the Koppers Coal Co., Pittsburgh, PA; Sunk off the coast of British Guiana 4 October 1942 by the U-175.

Specifications: Displacement 12,800 t.; Length 410' 6"; Beam 55' 1"; Draft 26' 5"; Speed unknown; Complement 62; Armament one 5" and one 3".


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