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Gold Shell (SP 3021)


Tanker: Built in 1916 by Harlan and Hollingsworth, Wilmington, DE; Acquired by the Navy, 8 August 1917 and commissioned the same day; Decommissioned, 5 March 1919 at the New York Navy Yard and returned to her owner.
Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 12,000 t.; Length 411' 6"; Beam 50' 1"; Draft 24' 8"; Speed 12 kts.; Complement 65; Armament two 4".
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Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships: Gold Shell was built in 1916 by Harlan and Hollingsworth, Wilmington, Del.; chartered from Shell Oil Co.; and commissioned 8 August 1917, Comdr. David R. Fleming in command.

Gold Shell departed Philadelphia 26 August 1917 for Plymouth, England, and until 10 December 1918 carried fuel oil to various European ports in support of Allied forces She made a total of nine voyages to such ports as Spithead, Scapa Flow, Tobermory, and Brest, arriving at New York after her last crossing 10 December 1918. Gold Shell entered the New York Navy Yard to be simultaneously decommissioned and returned to her former owner 5 March 1919.


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